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Axelera AI Metis M.2 Max delivers PCIe-class performance for edge AI and LLMs

September 8, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
Axelera AI Metis M.2 Max

Axelera AI’s new Metis M.2 Max promises PCIe-class edge AI performance in a compact 2280 card, with doubled bandwidth, LLM acceleration, and enhanced security.

Categories Artificial Intelligence, Hardware Tags AI accelerator, Axelera AI, edge AI, Linux, LLMs, M.2 2280, Metis, Metis M.2 Max, Secure Boot, vision transformer Leave a comment

AlmaLinux finally gets native NVIDIA support

August 7, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
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With native NVIDIA driver support, AlmaLinux makes it easier than ever to use NVIDIA GPUs on Linux, including full CUDA and Secure Boot compatibility.

Categories Linux, NVIDIA Tags AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux 10, AlmaLinux 9.6, CUDA, GPU support, Linux drivers, NVIDIA, Open Source, Secure Boot Leave a comment

HeliumOS 10 is released with secure boot, BTRFS by default, and an experimental Edge edition

July 28, 2025 by Brian Fagioli

HeliumOS 10 arrives with Zsh, secure boot, Docker, and BTRFS out of the box. The new Edge Edition supports newer kernels and NVIDIA GPUs.

Categories Linux Tags BTRFS, Docker, Edge Edition, HeliumOS, HeliumOS 10, Linux, NVIDIA GPU, Podman, Secure Boot, Zsh Leave a comment

This overlooked Linux boot flaw defeats Secure Boot heres how to fix it

July 7, 2025July 6, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
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A Linux researcher at ERNW has demonstrated how attackers can bypass Secure Boot protections by modifying an unsigned initramfs. But a few kernel tweaks are all it takes to lock things down.

Categories Linux, Security Tags evil maid attack, Fedora, full disk encryption, GRUB, initramfs, Linux, Linux security, Linux vulnerability, Secure Boot, Ubuntu Leave a comment

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