As people started to build large computing clusters from ordinary PCs, the shortcomings of existing PC BIOSes for certain tasks became more obvious. Like any other computer, on occasion, a cluster's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. Oct 10, 2019, 10:44am EDT Oct 17, 2019, 02:46am EDT This article ...

PC boot. PC play Doom. Reset. Repeat. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Yes, there's now a version of Doom that runs on a ...

A motherboard's BIOS is often seen as sacrosanct in how it offers low-level control over a gaming PC. However, turns out that's actually not true, and your motherboard's BIOS is just as open to ...

Pop quiz: Is System76 a Linux distribution developer, a hardware maker, or an open source company? The correct answer is all of the above, but a passion for open source permeates every facet of ...

A team of Linux developers have gotten Coreboot functioning on a Z690 motherboard for the first time. It's only running Linux, of course, but it's a start. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

Here at XDA, we're in favor of toying around and trying software that's a little less mainstream. Whether it's simple open-source software or programs you can host on your own private server, we cover ...

Even if you’re rocking the most open of open-source operating systems, chances are your laptop isn’t really that “free,” betrayed by closed firmware binaries lurking deep within the hardware itself.

Recently I wrote a review for the Linux Journal Web site on the Purism Librem 15 laptop. The goal of this laptop is to provide a piece of modern hardware that can run 100% free software not just for ...