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NVIDIA Ends Linux Support for GeForce GTX Maxwell and Pascal Graphics Cards
NVIDIA has officially ended support for NVIDIA GeForce GTX Maxwell and Pascal graphics cards with its latest Linux drivers. NVIDIA 590 Driver Drops Support for GTX 900 and 1000 Series on Linux As time passes, hardware that’s several years old eventually loses official support — and that’s exactly what has…
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Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gains 9% Performance Boost on Linux After One Year
A year after its release, we can now see that the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K has achieved a noticeable performance improvement on Linux systems. According to a report by Phoronix, the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K has evolved significantly since its debut. The goal was to determine whether system…
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Tuxedo Cancels Its Linux Laptop Project Using Snapdragon X Elite After Performance Issues
The Linux PC manufacturer Tuxedo Computers has ended development of its ambitious laptop based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite processor after more than 18 months of work. The German company stated that the first generation of the chip (X1E) turned out to be “less suitable for Linux than expected”, mainly…
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Linux Users Surpass 3% of Steam’s Global Player Base for the First Time
Although it might seem like a small number, reaching 3% of Steam’s players is quite an achievement for the penguin’s operating system. When we read that something has reached a 3% market share, it might appear insignificant. However, this result is historic for an operating system like Linux—especially in the…
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Linux Gaming on Steam Hits a Major Milestone: Over 3% Market Share
Times are changing. For Linux gamers on Steam, the October 2025 Steam Hardware & Software Survey has shown the community crossing the 3% market share mark. This upward trend has been clear for a while, and with Windows 10 support ending, it was certainly expected that more people would look…
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Linux Surpasses 5% Market Share in the United States for the First Time
The latest data shared by StatCounter, collected in June, shows that Windows remains the most used operating system in the United States, with 63.2% of the total market. In second place is Apple, which holds a market share of 16.57% with OS X and 7.72% with macOS, adding up to…
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A Game Porter Is Offering Services To Maintain Old Games To Prevent Them Being Lost
Many older video games have been lost to time with around 87% of them being inaccessible which is caused by a plethora of different reasons. One of those reasons is developers not maintaining their older games, fortunately, Ethan Lee, a game porter, has made an offer to maintain these older…
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Kubuntu Focus Announces The Focus Ir14 Linux-Based Laptop
The Kubuntu Focus team has today announced their latest Linux-based laptop, The Focus Ir14 designed in partnership with Carbon Systems. Kubuntu Focus Ir14 The Focus Ir14 is an affordable, enterprise-ready system which is designed to exude quality across all corners and uses Kubuntu LTS and the KDE Plasma interface. The…
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Vulkan Ray Tracing is Now (Sort Of) Available on Pre-RDNA2 AMD GPUs
While Nvidia has been happily building upon its ray tracing technology introduced with the launch of their 20XX graphics cards, AMD has certainly been a little bit slower in catching up to join the party. Following the launch of their RDNA2 architecture, however, we have, slowly but surely, been seeing…
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Steam Hardware Survey Shows Linux Finally Breaks the 1% Barrier
The monthly Steam Hardware Survey is quite possibly one of the best windows we get into not only how consumers are playing games but how their hardware is transitioning to keep up with the graphical advances. It’s also pretty handy for judging which operating system currently holds the biggest slice…
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HighPoint Launches Low-Profile, Bootable NVMe RAID Controller
HighPoint has announced the launch of its third generation SSD7202 NVMe RAID controller – the industry’s first ultra-compact, low-profile, bootable NVMe RAID solution for Windows and Linux platforms. The SSD7202 is ideal for PC’s that require NVMe boot performance or an ultra-compact storage solution. The low-profile SSD7202 smaller than your…
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New AMD Graphics Card is Listed in Latest Linux Update
AMD has certainly been talking about it for quite some time, as of yet, however, we have seen very little concrete news surrounding ‘Big Navi’. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, ‘Big Navi’ will essentially represent Team Reds attempt at matching Nvidia’s top-end GPU performance, and, as such,…
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Linux Creator Switches to Threadripper After 15 Years with Intel
Since the launch of AMD Ryzen back in 2017, we’ve seen a remarkable turnaround in the fortunes of Team Red. With masses of consumers (some for the first time) moving to the platform, it has seen AMD’s market share increase to levels not seen since the mid-2000s. This ‘move’, however,…
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Rocket League Dev Psyonix May be Ending Mac/Linux Support
Rocket League is undoubtedly one of the most popular games out there and, being available on various systems (in addition to the introduction of crossplay support), the community continues to grow despite it now being nearly 5 years old. Following reports on Reddit, however, it seems that some users are…
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Linux Driver Update Hints At Upcoming AMD Graphics Cards
With Linux releasing its latest operating system drivers, some users can’t help but delve into them to see if there’s anything interesting lurking within. It might sound a bit weird, but these driver updates have proven (very consistently) to be solid indicators of upcoming tech releases. So, with the latest…
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