Hardware support is still one of Linux's biggest problems, and it may never change
… When things don't work Hours of troubleshooting for no reason In my past experiments with Linux, I've had more than my fair share of hardware issues. …
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These 4 PC drivers will tank your performance if you skip them
… At first, I assumed most issues were caused by faulty hardware, but over time, I realized outdated drivers were often the real reason behind random disconnects and missing features. …
DriftGuard aims to make gamepad strick drift a thing of the past
… Its recent app update aims to address Xbox controller stick drift without requiring a hardware fix. …
Windows 11 is secretly throttling your Wi-Fi, and the fix takes 30 seconds
Jasmine Mannan Jun 1, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. …
I fixed each of my PC's biggest bottlenecks without spending a single dollar
… Partly due to procrastination and partly because I ran out of ideas, I struggled with these issues far longer than I needed to. In the last few months, however, I managed to weed out each one of these issues from my PC for good. …
This 20-year-old Windows tool fixed my dead PC when nothing else would
… Related 5 tools for diagnosing and fixing PC hardware issues Diagnosing your PC hardware can be tiresome, but these five tools aim to make your life easier Broke Windows? …
The Flipper One is finally official, but Flipper isn't selling it yet — they're asking for help to build it
… The call for contributors comes with specific issues attached, not vague invitations. For anyone interested in the Linux side of consumer hardware, this is one of the few hardware announcements in years that's actually pushing vendor practice toward open kernels and away from binary blobs. …
My RX 9070 XT was the better GPU, but AMD's track record pushed me back to RTX
… AMD's development isn't outpacing their hardware New FSR features can run on older hardware, they're just not letting it happen Locking new features to the latest hardware is something both GPU giants are no strangers to, but AMD specifically have been very strict about FSR's support of older cards. …
Linux 7.2 is cutting support for a 35-year-old card's driver because people aren't using it anymore
… The driver has coding-style issues and has only seen minor fixes since Linux 2.6. The same hardware is supported by another driver, so removing the driver cuts maintenance without breaking support. …
I fixed my TV's flickering black screen with a $15 HDMI cable and a hidden menu setting
Jasmine Mannan Apr 17, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. …