Tag: technology

  • Gaming Distro uses Open Source NVIDIA Driver

    Gaming Distro uses Open Source NVIDIA Driver

    Fedora-Based Nobara 41 Gaming Distro Switches to Open-Source NVIDIA DriverThis release also enables support for the Flatpak Beta repo, improves the HTPC/handheld experience, and updates various utilities. The Nobar Project released today Nobara 41 as the latest version of this Fedora-based Linux distribution for gamers that features unique, in-house tools and lots of performance improvements.…

  • Predictions: Open Source in 2025

    Predictions: Open Source in 2025

    Open Source in 2025: Strap In, Disruption Straight AheadLook for new tensions to arise in the New Year over licensing, the open source AI definition, security and compliance, and how to pay volunteer maintainers. The open source software world can feel like a bubble at times, one in which people who love to solve problems…

  • MX Linux on Xfce

    MX Linux on Xfce

    The latest MX Linux turns Xfce into a desktop anyone can use.If you’re looking for a Linux distribution with a user-friendly desktop that’s also very highly customizable, MX Linux presents the Xfce desktop in a way that anyone can use and grow with over time. One of the things about many user-friendly Linux desktops is…

  • Asahi Remix 41 for Macs out

    Asahi Remix 41 for Macs out

    The Fedora 41 version of Asahi Linux is out – the go-to Linux distro for Apple Silicon Macs. Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is the latest version of Fedora for Macs with Apple’s M1 or M2 SoCs. As we covered last year, Fedora is the official flagship version of Asahi Linux, which is the effort to…

  • M$ ‘hijacks’ keyboard for Copilot

    M$ ‘hijacks’ keyboard for Copilot

    Copilot has gone native for Windows Insiders and commandeered a popular keyboard shortcut in the process. The move from a Progressive Web App (PWA) to a native binary – although most of it appears to still be a website, just not running as a PWA – will be welcomed. Microsoft noted that once the app…

  • UEFI ‘Bootkit’ hits bootloader

    UEFI ‘Bootkit’ hits bootloader

    Researchers at security firm ESET said Wednesday that they found the first UEFI bootkit for Linux. The discovery may portend that UEFI bootkits that have targeted Windows systems in recent years may soon target Linux too. Bootkitty—the name unknown threat actors gave to their Linux bootkit—was uploaded to VirusTotal earlier this month. Compared to many…