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PC Gamer
Joshua Wolens

This Linux tool was the last thing I needed to wave goodbye to Windows

SARATOGA, UNITED STATES: Linus Torvalds, who wrote the free Linux computer operating software, demonstrates "Crusoe" 19 January in Saratoga, California. Crusoe is a smart microprocessor based on sofware that could revolutionize the field of mobile computing. Torvalds is part of Transmeta's engineering team for the Crusoe smart microprocessor.

Linux! It's the kernel at the heart of a sea of distros that all seek to answer one question: what if computers were fun again but also sometimes you abolished your graphics driver by typing "sudo zypper dup" while one or more repos were out of sync?

My journey with it has been ongoing: from dipping a tentative toe into Bazzite last year to completely ditching Windows in favour of openSUSE Tumbleweed (it has a chameleon, you see) a few weeks ago. But one thing has eluded me that entire time: working HDR.

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