Fiye da mako guda da suka wuce, System76 ya bamu Labari mai dadi: Suna kirkirar kayan aiki wanda zai bamu damar sabunta firmware akan tsarin Linux. Shawarwarin kamfanin wanda shima ya haɓaka Pop! _OS zai kasance a matsayin tsawaitawa ga abubuwan da ake so na GNOME kuma azaman aikace-aikacen keɓance, amma ba shi kaɗai ba. GNOME na aiki yana aiki GNOMEFirmware, wanda yake daidai yake da abin da System76 ke haɓaka, amma kawai a cikin sigar aikin sa.
Bayanin cewa ya isa gare mu daga hannun Richard Hughes ba ya bayar da cikakken bayani kamar abin da Syste76 ya buga a zamaninsa. Ya gaya mana cewa Dell ta tambaye shi idan yana son yin aiki tare da su a wannan bazarar sarrafa firmware, tunda GNOME da KDE cibiyoyin software suna da sauƙin nuna firmware kawai lokacin da ake jiran ɗaukakawa. Dell ya fi son wani abu karara, wanda kuma yana ba da damar komawa zuwa sigar da ta gabata.
GNOME Firmware zai baka damar sabunta dukkan nau'ikan firmware a cikin Linux
Inda haka ne parece Akwai bayanai masu ban sha'awa a cikin hotunan kariyar kwamfuta: kamar yadda zaku iya gani a hoton da ke shugabantar wannan labarin, GNOME "Firmware Updater" na nuna mana cikakkun bayanai game da duk kayan aikin mu, ciki har da Firmware Na'urar UEFI. Sauran kamarsa yana da ban sha'awa, inda muke ganin nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan 5 na Lenovo ThinkPad P50 na firmware tare da kwatancin da ke nuna mana labarin sabon sigar.
A yanzu haka GNOME Firmware lambar da binaries ne kawai, har yanzu suna aiki akan mai amfani da kuma wacce irin UX suke so don kayan aikin. An kusa kammalawa kuma suna sa ran ƙaddamar da shi a cikin 'yan makonni. Lokacin da sigar barga ta farko ta kasance, Hughes ya faɗi haka za su loda kunshin zuwa Flathub don haka zamu iya amfani dashi akan kowane rarraba Linux mai jituwa.