Canonical Patches Intel Microcode Regression in Ubuntu PCs with Skylake CPUs

Canonical Patches Intel Microcode Regression in Ubuntu PCs with Skylake CPUs

Patches are available now for all supported Ubuntu releases

Microsoft Releases Intel Microcode Updates for Skylake Chips on Windows 10 1709

Microsoft Releases Intel Microcode Updates for Skylake Chips on Windows 10 1709

The Meltdown and Spectre mitigation effort continues

Intel Releases Spectre Patches for Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake Processors

Intel Releases Spectre Patches for Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake Processors

As well as additionally fixes for Skylake chips

Microsoft Extends Windows 7 and 8.1 Support for Skylake Processors

Microsoft Extends Windows 7 and 8.1 Support for Skylake Processors

Updates to be released until EOS for each OS version

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • April 28th, 2016
Entroware's Orion Laptops Now Ship with Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS and Skylake CPUs

Entroware's Orion Laptops Now Ship with Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS and Skylake CPUs

The price starts from £449.99 (€578 or $654)

Microsoft Changes Windows 7/8.1 Skylake Deadline, Pushes Cut-Off Date to 2018

Microsoft Changes Windows 7/8.1 Skylake Deadline, Pushes Cut-Off Date to 2018

Windows 7 and 8.1 users get one more year to upgrade

Lenovo: Not Everyone Wants Windows 10, Extended Skylake Windows 7 Support Needed

Lenovo: Not Everyone Wants Windows 10, Extended Skylake Windows 7 Support Needed

Microsoft is not willing to do that, the company says

Intel Rolls Out New Chipset Device Driver - Download Version 10.1.1.14

Intel Rolls Out New Chipset Device Driver - Download Version 10.1.1.14

The present driver update creates new special device groups

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 19th, 2016
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS Now Available on System76's Intel Skylake PCs

Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS Now Available on System76's Intel Skylake PCs

Users will be able to update to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • Windows
  • By Bogdan Popa
  • February 5th, 2016
Intel Skylake Overclocked to 7GHz on Windows XP Monster PC with LN2 Cooling

Intel Skylake Overclocked to 7GHz on Windows XP Monster PC with LN2 Cooling

Skylake i7-6700K pushed beyond its limits

  • Windows
  • By Bogdan Popa
  • January 23rd, 2016
Microsoft Reveals List of Skylake PCs Still Working with Windows 7 and 8.1

Microsoft Reveals List of Skylake PCs Still Working with Windows 7 and 8.1

All these PCs will need to be upgraded to Windows 10

  • Windows
  • By Bogdan Popa
  • January 21st, 2016
Windows 10, Skylake Will Make Premium Devices Sell like Hot Cakes - Research

Windows 10, Skylake Will Make Premium Devices Sell like Hot Cakes - Research

Gartner claims it expects premium devices to grow

  • Windows
  • By Bogdan Popa
  • January 16th, 2016
Microsoft: New CPUs to Only Work on Windows 10, Windows 7 to Support Older Chips

Microsoft: New CPUs to Only Work on Windows 10, Windows 7 to Support Older Chips

Skylake requires Windows 10, and so will future models

  • Surface
  • By Bogdan Popa
  • December 8th, 2015
Microsoft's Surface Book Shipments Impacted by Intel Skylake Shortage - Report

Microsoft's Surface Book Shipments Impacted by Intel Skylake Shortage - Report

Source claims Microsoft postponed some orders for its device

  • Linux
  • By Silviu Stahie
  • October 22nd, 2015
System76 Superfan Contest Winners Announced

System76 Superfan Contest Winners Announced

A lot of fans are going to Denver to meet the team

  • Linux
  • By Silviu Stahie
  • October 20th, 2015
System76 Launches Wild Dog Pro Powered by Ubuntu 15.10 and Intel Skylake

System76 Launches Wild Dog Pro Powered by Ubuntu 15.10 and Intel Skylake

A new system from System76 has been released

  • Laptops
  • By Horia Despa
  • October 12th, 2015
Acer Launches New Aspire R14 Convertible Notebook

Acer Launches New Aspire R14 Convertible Notebook

It's just a 360 degree device with a "Skylake" refresh

 
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