Tech Tuesday #4

Tech Tuesday Roundup #4

#1: Torvalds Weighs in on NTFS Drivers
He is open to others taking over the maintenance, as long as the original maintainer backs out and gives permission, as it is pointless to have two unmaintained NTFS drivers in the kernel at once.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linus-Torvalds-NTFS3-Comments

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#2: New Manjaro-powered Ryzen 7 Mini computer released by Beelink
Intriguing on the instant compatibility front, as well as interesting for anyone who may need a very small form factor machine, but something more poserful than a RasPi / singleboard computer of some sort.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linus-Torvalds-NTFS3-Comments

Tech Tuesday #3: New Release for the Linux Firmware Updater
More hardware support… always good.

https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-1-8-linux-firmware-updating-tool-is-out-with-support-for-new-hardware-more