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A Tale of Two Tablets

A year after the JingPad dropped on the market and its parent company immediately disappeared, a new entrant in the Linux tablet game, the Fydetab Duo, aims to do things the right way. Can it succeed?

ARMed with Linux

The release of the M1-native Asahi Linux is one heck of a feat, isn’t it? It may be the most impressive thing the open-source world has done in some time.

A Linux Labor of Love

The JingPad A1, a flashy new tablet from Linux-land, shows a ton of potential, though you might want to wait for a few rounds of software updates first.

A Home for Mobile Linux

The $149 PinePhone isn’t a perfect device, but the nuanced ecosystem it’s going to build for Linux-based smartphones is going to be amazing.

Boot Vector

How the live CD, now an essential part of playing around with Linux-based operating systems, found its early footing using a widely mocked disc variant.

The Default Router

How Linksys’ most famous router, the WRT54G, tripped into legendary status because of an undocumented feature that slipped through during a merger.

Worst Firmware Update Ever

How Sony screwed up 15 years of goodwill with developers and open-source users by removing Linux support from its console—support hacked back in anyway.

A Kernel Of Failure

How IBM bet big on the microkernel being the next big thing in operating systems back in the ’90s—and spent billions with little to show for it.
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