X-Fi Articles & Reviews |
| Altec Lansing VS2421 | Peripherals | 2009-07-20 |
| Early Linux 2.6.31 Kernel Benchmarks | Software | 2009-07-08 |
| Creative Gives In, They Open-Source Their X-Fi Driver | Software | 2008-11-06 |
| Creative Tries Again At Linux Drivers | Software | 2008-04-18 |
| Open-Source Creative X-Fi Support | Software | 2008-02-05 |
| Creative X-Fi Linux Driver Coming Soon | Software | 2007-09-23 |
| Ultra Products X-Finity 500W ULT31843 | Power Supplies | 2006-10-16 |
| Ultra 256MB MP3 Player | Peripherals | 2005-04-22 |
| Ultra Products X-Finity 600W | Power Supplies | 2005-03-26 |
X-Fi Linux & Open-Source News |
| Initial AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL Support Successfully Merged For Linux 7.2 | Linux Kernel | 2026-06-17 |
| Linux Enacts Guidance To Tighten Acceptance Of New File-Systems Into The Kernel | Linux Storage | 2026-06-16 |
| Linux 7.2 Features Expected: Apple M3, Initial AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL, USB4STREAM, Cache Aware Scheduling | Linux Kernel | 2026-06-12 |
| Linux Firmware Repository Preps For AI Coding Agents | AI | 2026-06-10 |
| Qualcomm Gets The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen11 Snapdragon X2 Laptop Working On Linux | Arm | 2026-06-04 |
| HP Panther Lake Systems Now Have Intel ISH Firmware For Linux | Hardware | 2026-05-22 |
| Linux 7.2 To Support Realtek RTL8159 10GbE USB Ethernet | Linux Networking | 2026-05-07 |
| Linux File-System Proliferation A Burden: Requirements Laid Out For Any Future File-Systems | Linux Storage | 2026-05-04 |
| VMUFAT File-System Driver Proposed For The Linux Kernel | Linux Storage | 2026-04-10 |
| Dell Upstreams Firmware For The XPS Snapdragon X Elite Laptop | Hardware | 2026-03-20 |
| Trying Out Snapdragon X Elite With The Acer Swift 14 AI Laptop On Ubuntu 26.04 | Ubuntu | 2026-03-14 |
| Intel NPU Driver 1.30 Released For Linux | Intel | 2026-03-13 |
| Firmware Upstreamed For Supporting The Qualcomm Snapdragon X2's Adreno GPU | Hardware | 2026-02-16 |
| Firmware Upstreamed For Linux Speaker Support On The ASUS Zenbook 14 UM3406GA | Hardware | 2026-02-14 |
| Qualcomm QUPv3 Firmware Upstreamed For Snapdragon X1 Elite Linux Users | Hardware | 2026-02-06 |
| Intel ISH Firmware Upstreamed For Linux With Dell's New Panther Lake Laptops | Hardware | 2026-02-02 |
| Firmware Upstreamed For Audio Support With Upcoming Dell & Lenovo Panther Lake Laptops | Intel | 2026-01-23 |
| Updated Intel Panther Lake IPU Firmware Published With New Features & Bug Fixes | Intel | 2026-01-22 |
| Linux 7.0 To Expand Temperature Reporting For Intel Graphics Cards | Intel | 2026-01-15 |
| Intel Panther Lake GSC Firmware Published Ahead Of Laptop Availability | Intel | 2026-01-14 |
| New Intel Xe3_LPD Firmware Binaries For Linux Ahead Of Panther Lake Laptops Launching | Intel | 2025-12-28 |
| Intel NPU Firmware Published For Panther Lake - Completing The Linux Driver Support | Intel | 2025-12-23 |
| Linux Still Dealing With Quirky Firewire Devices As We Enter 2026 | Linux Kernel | 2025-12-05 |
| Nix Package Tool Approved For Availability In Fedora 44 | Fedora | 2025-11-25 |
| Linux 6.19 To Add Support For The Realtek RTL8125K | Linux Networking | 2025-11-21 |
| Qualcomm Updates AI Accelerator Firmware To Fix Power / Performance Issue | AI | 2025-11-18 |
| NVIDIA Sends Out Initial Turing GPU Support For Open-Source Nova Driver | NVIDIA | 2025-11-15 |
| AMD Releases Additional Zen 5 CPU Microcode For RDSEED Issue | AMD | 2025-11-15 |
| AMD's Zen 5 RDSEED Issue Is Causing Headaches For Optimized CachyOS Builds | Operating Systems | 2025-11-04 |
| AMD Acknowledges RDSEED Failure On AMD Zen 5 With Software Fix Coming | AMD | 2025-11-01 |
| AMD Updates Zen 3 / Zen 4 CPU Microcode For Systems Lacking Microcode Signing Fix | AMD | 2025-10-29 |
| Intel ISH Firmware Upstreamed Ahead Of Intel Panther Lake Laptops | Intel | 2025-10-15 |
| Imagination PowerVR Mesa Vulkan Driver Enables Unofficial Support For More GPUs | Mesa | 2025-10-11 |
| Linux Driver Support Ready For Intel Panther Lake's NPU 5 | Intel | 2025-10-09 |
| Linux 6.18 Continues Refining IEEE-1394 Firewire Support In 2025 | Hardware | 2025-09-30 |
| Select Qualcomm X Elite Laptops Seeing IRIS Video Acceleration On Linux | Hardware | 2025-09-14 |
| New EC Driver Coming For The Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen6 With Snapdragon X Elite SoC | Hardware | 2025-09-01 |
| New Ubuntu Snapdragon X1E Concept ISO Published - Switches To Linux 6.17 Kernel | Ubuntu | 2025-08-31 |
| AMD ISP4 Driver Updated As It Nears The Mainline Linux Kernel | AMD | 2025-08-28 |
| Intel FRED Suffers A Late "Incompatible Change" To The Architecture | Intel | 2025-08-15 |
| AMD Linux Driver Prepares For Radeon RDNA4 "Kicker" | Radeon | 2025-08-08 |
| FireWire IEEE-1394 Support Further Refined In Linux 6.17 | Hardware | 2025-08-02 |
| Linux's Lockdown LSM Back To Being Maintained For Restricted Computing | Linux Kernel | 2025-07-31 |
| AMD Zen 5 CPUs See First Microcode Updates In Linux-Firmware.Git | AMD | 2025-07-30 |
| Linux 6.16-rc7 Released: "I Think We're In Good Shape" | Linux Kernel | 2025-07-20 |
| Linux Patched For Transient Scheduler Attacks "TSA" Impacting AMD CPUs | AMD | 2025-07-08 |
| Fan Control Firmware Updated For Intel Battlemage Graphics Cards On Linux | Intel | 2025-07-08 |
| AMD Merges New RDNA 3.5 iGPU Firmware Files Ahead Of Next Product Launch | Radeon | 2025-07-08 |
| Intel Panther Lake Xe3 Integrated Graphics Firmware Upstreamed | Intel | 2025-07-07 |
| AMD Instinct MI350X Series Microcode Upstreamed - Other AMD GPUs See Updates Too | AMD | 2025-06-20 |
| AMD Announces Instinct MI350X & MI355X With Fully Upstream Open-Source Linux Support | AMD | 2025-06-12 |
| RADV Radeon Vulkan Driver Merges Support For VP9 Video Decoding | Vulkan | 2025-06-10 |
| Ubuntu Developers Discuss The Difficult Issue Of Splitting Up Firmware Packages | Ubuntu | 2025-06-04 |
| Intel TDX Host Support Merged For KVM With Linux 6.16 | Intel | 2025-06-02 |
| Intel IPU7 Firmware Binaries Upstreamed For Lunar Lake Webcameras | Intel | 2025-05-30 |
| Open-Source NVIDIA Blackwell + Hopper Support Slated For Linux 6.16 | Nouveau | 2025-05-19 |
| PowerVR Rogue BXS-4-64 GPU Firmware Uploaded To linux-firmware.git | Hardware | 2025-05-19 |
| NVIDIA Upstreams Newer GSP Firmware For Open-Source Nouveau Driver | Nouveau | 2025-05-17 |
| Linux 6.15-rc6 Released With AMD Performance Fix & Other Bugs Addressed | Linux Kernel | 2025-05-11 |
| Intel Simplifies Its Firmware License For The Integrated Sensor Hub "ISH" | Intel | 2025-04-19 |
| Intel's 2025-Q1 Linux Excitement With Battlemage, AVX10 & Other Kernel Improvements | Intel | 2025-03-29 |
| Linux 6.15 Goes Very Heavy On Intel & AMD x86_64 CPU Changes | Hardware | 2025-03-25 |
| New Intel/AMD GPU Features, Apple Touch Bar Drivers & Other Likely Changes For Linux 6.15 | Linux Kernel | 2025-03-21 |
| Intel NPU Firmware Files Upstreamed To linux-firmware.git | Intel | 2025-03-09 |
| FineIBT-BHI Looks To Be Ready Ahead Of Linux 6.15 To Provide Tougher Kernel Defenses | Linux Security | 2025-02-26 |
| AMD Continued Ramping Up Their Linux & Open-Source Investments In 2024 | AMD | 2024-12-27 |
| Alpine Linux 3.21 Released With Linux 6.12 & GCC 14, LoongArch CPU Support | Operating Systems | 2024-12-05 |
| AMD NPU Firmware Upstreamed For The Ryzen AI AMDXDNA Driver Coming In Linux 6.14 | AMD | 2024-12-03 |
| Vulkan Video Now Enabled By Default For Radeon VCN2/VCN3 Hardware On Linux | Mesa | 2024-12-02 |
| AMD GFX9.4.4 CDNA Firmware Published, More GFX950 Changes Point To Being MI350 | AMD | 2024-11-26 |
| Linux 6.12-rc5 Released With Intel LAM Disabled, ASUS Lunar Lake Laptop Performance Fix | Linux Kernel | 2024-10-27 |
| Intel Preps PXP GuC Auto-Teardown & Improvements For Old iGPUs With Linux 6.13 | Intel | 2024-10-23 |
| Audio Firmware Upstreamed For Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 On Linux | Hardware | 2024-10-20 |
| Firewire Maintainer Is Looking For Help Testing IEEE-1394 Devices On Linux 6.12 | Hardware | 2024-09-21 |
| AMD Publishes GC 11.5.2 Firmware For Upcoming RDNA3.5 Hardware | Radeon | 2024-09-12 |
| RADV Enables Vulkan Video By Default For RDNA3 / VCN4 GPUs | Radeon | 2024-08-27 |
| ASUS ROG Ally X Audio Support Being Fixed Up Ahead Of Linux 6.12 | Hardware | 2024-08-13 |
| AMD Updates DMCUB Firmware For RDNA3.5 Graphics With Strix Point | Radeon | 2024-07-29 |
| Fedora 41 Aims For Out-Of-The-Box Webcam Support For Newer Intel Laptops | Intel | 2024-07-25 |
| AMD Provides Updated Zen 1/2/3/4 CPU Microcode For Linux Users | AMD | 2024-07-10 |
| Qualcomm Cloud AI 100 "AIC100" Firmware Upstreamed | Hardware | 2024-06-20 |
| New Linux Change Helps Ensure AMD Ryzen With NVMe Works After Resuming From Suspend | AMD | 2024-06-15 |
| Updated AMD GPU Firmware Makes Valve's Steam Deck More Robust Against Buggy Apps | Radeon | 2024-06-06 |
| More AMDGPU Linux Firmware Published For RDNA 3+ | Radeon | 2024-05-31 |
| Linux 6.10 Adds eDP/DisplayPort Support For The Snapdragon X Elite | Arm | 2024-05-21 |
| AMDGPU ISP Firmware Upstreamed In linux-firmware.git | Radeon | 2024-05-20 |
| Intel IPU6 Driver Being Upstreamed In Linux 6.10 | Intel | 2024-05-16 |
| Firewire IEEE-1394 Support Continues To Be Improved With The Linux 6.10 Kernel | Hardware | 2024-05-16 |
| Qualcomm Talks Up Their Linux Support For The Snapdragon X Elite | Hardware | 2024-05-14 |
| AMD Posts RDNA3+ Firmware Files For Linux Users | Radeon | 2024-04-21 |
| Updated AMDGPU VCN Firmware Fixes VP9 Decoding Issues | Radeon | 2024-03-04 |
| Nouveau Driver Squeezes In Some Last Minute Minor Additions For Linux 6.8 | Linux Kernel | 2024-02-23 |
| Intel Lunar Lake "Xe2" Graphics Firmware Upstreamed For Xe Linux Driver | Intel | 2024-02-19 |
| Arm Lands Mali Gen10 "Panthor" Firmware Blob In Linux-Firmware.Git | Arm | 2024-02-08 |
| New Features Approved For Fedora 40, Renewed Debate Over Dropping KDE X11 Support | Fedora | 2024-02-01 |
| IPU6 Firmware Binaries Upstreamed For Recent Intel Laptops | Intel | 2024-02-01 |
| Linux Could Experience Unexpected System Reboots When Pairing AMD Ryzen With Firewire | AMD | 2024-01-05 |
| NVIDIA's Open-Source Kernel Driver & Maturing Wayland Support Were Great In 2023 | NVIDIA | 2024-01-02 |
| Trying Out Meteor Lake's Arc Graphics With The New Intel Xe Driver Was A Bust | Intel | 2023-12-25 |
| Threadripper 7000 Series, Wayland, Linux 6.7 & Other November Highlights | Phoronix | 2023-12-01 |
| PowerVR Binary Blob Added To Linux-Firmware.Git For New Graphics Driver | Hardware | 2023-11-28 |
| Ubuntu 23.10 Is Maxing Out Zstd Compression For Its Kernel Build | Ubuntu | 2023-11-16 |
| NVIDIA Pushes 62MB Of GSP Binary Firmware Blobs Into Linux-Firmware.Git | NVIDIA | 2023-11-08 |
| AMD Family 19h CPU Microcode Updated (2023-10-19 Rev) | AMD | 2023-10-19 |
| Linux 6.6-rc6 Released: Plan For 6.6 Stable In Two Weeks | Linux Kernel | 2023-10-15 |
| Debian 12.2 Released With Various Security Fixes, AMD Inception Microcode | Debian | 2023-10-08 |
| AMD PMF Firmware Added To Linux-Firmware.Git For Smart PC Solution Builder | AMD | 2023-10-03 |
| Linux DRM Firmware Repo Established For Queuing New GPU Firmware | Linux Kernel | 2023-08-20 |
| Updated AMD Family 19h Microcode Published Following "Inception" | AMD | 2023-08-09 |
| New AMDGPU Firmware Published For Upcoming Radeon GPUs | Radeon | 2023-07-26 |
| New AMD Zen CPU & Radeon GPU Microcode Land In Linux-Firmware.Git | AMD | 2023-07-24 |
| Ubuntu Revisiting Its Initramfs Compression Approach | Ubuntu | 2023-07-10 |
| Linux 6.5 Brings Improvements To Firewire Support | Hardware | 2023-07-04 |
| Linux 6.5 To Add HuC Loading Support For Intel Meteor Lake | Intel | 2023-06-09 |
| NVIDIA Cleans Up GSP Firmware Binary License | NVIDIA | 2023-05-31 |
| Linux 6.3.5 Released With XFS Metadata Corruption Fix | Linux Kernel | 2023-05-30 |
| Linux 6.4-rc4 Released As A "Fairly Normal" Release | Linux Kernel | 2023-05-28 |
| AMD Radeon Software For Linux 22.40.5 Driver Released | Radeon | 2023-05-23 |
| Intel Meteor Lake GuC Firmware Support Published | Intel | 2023-05-07 |
| Nouveau Using The NVIDIA GSP Will Lead To More Firmware Bloat | Nouveau | 2023-04-19 |
| An Early Look At Linux 6.4 Features: AMD CDX, AMD GAM, Intel LAM, Apple M2 & More | Linux Kernel | 2023-04-14 |
| Updated NVIDIA Turing Firmware Published For Open-Source Nouveau Driver | Nouveau | 2023-04-04 |
| AMD Has Many New CPU/GPU Features Ready For Linux 6.3 | AMD | 2023-02-18 |
| AMD Publishes New Firmware Binaries For Upcoming Hardware | AMD | 2023-01-25 |
| Fwupd 1.8.9 Released With Support For More Solidigm NVMe SSDs, More USB Docks | LVFS | 2023-01-03 |
| AMD Continued Its Great Linux Embrace In 2022 With Better Launch-Day Support + Optimizations | AMD | 2022-12-31 |
| AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series Firmware Upstreamed | Radeon | 2022-12-14 |
| Big Nouveau Driver Update For Linux 6.2 To Improve Open-Source NVIDIA Support | Nouveau | 2022-11-08 |
| Intel Releases Packaged Arc Graphics Driver For Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | Intel | 2022-10-20 |
| AMD Publishes New Family 19h CPU Microcode | AMD | 2022-10-02 |
| AMD Sends Last Minute Fixes To Linux 6.0 For RDNA3 Graphics Cards | Radeon | 2022-09-30 |
| Intel Arc Graphics A750 + A770 Are Ready To Run On Open-Source Linux Drivers | Intel | 2022-09-30 |
| Intel Open-Source Vulkan Linux Driver Now Exposes Ray-Tracing For Arc Graphics | Intel | 2022-09-28 |
| Rust-Written Apple DRM Linux Kernel Driver Renders First Cube | Apple | 2022-09-24 |
| AMD Lands New GPU Firmware Binaries In Linux-Firmware.Git | Radeon | 2022-09-13 |
| Linux Laying Out Guidelines To Avoid Kernel Updates Breaking Firmware Compatibility | Linux Kernel | 2022-07-18 |
| Oh GuC: Intel ADL-P Graphics On Linux 5.19 Will Break Unless You Also Upgrade Firmware | Intel | 2022-07-14 |
| Fedora 37 Looks To Better Manage Its 175MB+ Of Linux Firmware Blobs | Fedora | 2022-07-01 |
| Rust For Linux, -O3'ing The Kernel & Other Highlights From June | Phoronix | 2022-07-01 |
| Apple M2 Enablement For Linux Begins With Good Progress | Apple | 2022-06-28 |
| Apple Announces Its New M2 Processor | Apple | 2022-06-06 |
| Linux NTFS, Ryzen 7 5800X3D, Mesa 22.1 & Other April Open-Source Excitement | Phoronix | 2022-05-01 |
| Debian To Consider Changing How It Treats Closed-Source Firmware | Debian | 2022-04-19 |
| ZoneFS File-System To See Some Improvements With Linux 5.19 | Linux Storage | 2022-04-18 |
| Updated AMDGPU Firmware Published To Deal With A Possible VCN Hang | Radeon | 2022-04-11 |
| Updated AMD Zen 1 Through Zen 3 CPU Microcode Published | AMD | 2022-04-10 |
| Updated AMD GPU Firmware Blobs Land In Linux-Firmware.Git For PSP 13.0.8, GC 10.3.7 | Radeon | 2022-03-20 |
| New AMD Radeon Firmware Published For Upcoming GPUs | Radeon | 2022-03-04 |
| Steam Deck, GNOME 42 Advancements & AMD Linux Updates Excited Readers In February | Phoronix | 2022-03-01 |
| Updated AMD APU Firmware Helps Systems Stuck On High Memory Clocks, Wasting Battery | Radeon | 2022-02-28 |
