The new Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 is a 13.3 inch mobile workstation-class laptop with support for up to a 2880 x 1800 pixel OLED display, up to an AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6860Z processor, and up to 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. It’s also one of the first laptops to feature a Microsoft Pluton […]
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You can’t run Linux on Apple’s 2018 Macs (Update: or maybe you can… while sacrificing some security)
16 Comments on You can’t run Linux on Apple’s 2018 Macs (Update: or maybe you can… while sacrificing some security)Apple’s newest computers have a new chip dedicated to security. That’s a great thing if you care about disk encryption, support for for Touch ID/fingerprint sensors, and even improved visuals using a FaceTime HD camera. It’s less good news if you care about booting Linux on a Mac. Any computer with the Apple T2 security […]
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Lilbits (12-04-2013): Reversible USB plugs
Since the dawn of time (or at least of USB ports), folks have been struggling to insert plugs the right way up. Odds are you’ve poked the wrong end of a plug into a phone or PC at one point or another while trying to charge your device, connect a flash drive, hook up a […]
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Linux Foundation solves UEFI Secure Boot problem – you’ll be able to install Linux on most Windows 8 PCs
2 Comments on Linux Foundation solves UEFI Secure Boot problem – you’ll be able to install Linux on most Windows 8 PCsThe folks at the Linux Foundation have come up with a way to make sure that you’ll be able to install an open source operating system on most computers that ship with Windows 8. Up until now, it’s been pretty easy to install Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, or other operating systems on store-bought Windows computers. But […]
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Fedora 18 will support secure boot on Windows 8 PCs
The folks behind the popular Fedora Linux operating system have good news and less good news for open source software enthusiasts. The good news is that they’ve come up with a method that will make it easy for anyone to install the next version of Fedora on hardware designed to run Microsoft Windows 8 without […]
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Don’t expect to see many dual-boot Android, Windows 8 tablets
While it’s nice to imagine what Windows 8 would look like on a tablet like the HP TouchPad, the truth is that you probably won’t be able to install Microsoft’s upcoming operating system on any existing tablets with ARM-based processors. Microsoft has no plans to sell an installable version of Windows on ARM directly to […]
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Windows 8 won’t prevent you from dual booting with Linux, but hardware vendors might
Before a computer boots Windows, OS X, Linux, or any other operating system it loads system-level firmware. For the past few decades most PCs have used something called BIOS to recognize your hardware and load the appropriate operating system. But there’s a new kid in town called UEFI, (which is what Macs have been using […]