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Qubes OS Summit 2025 in Berlin: From R4.3 Features to Qubes Air Architecture

Published at October 20, 2025 · Piotr Król ·  22 min read

Qubes OS Summit 2025 took place September 26-28 in Berlin, bringing together the community for talks on R4.3 updates, GUI improvements, infrastructure advances, and Qubes Air architecture. The event featured contributions from the Dasharo ecosystem including server firmware foundations, NovaCustom updates, UEFI Secure Boot progress, and TrenchBoot compatibility work. Day three hackathon focused on practical implementation including the Dasharo Patchqueue Initiative with XenServer expertise....

Categories: firmware os-dev security


ram-wipe: Further analysis

Published at August 27, 2025 · Kamil Aronowski ·  12 min read

The `init_on_free` Linux option ensures rigorous security by instantly zeroing out memory upon deallocation. In this follow-up, we build on our prior ram-wipe experiments to rigorously evaluate if `init_on_free` can serve as a robust safeguard, perhaps supplanting existing, less comprehensive memory wiping solutions....

Categories: firmware security







Dasharo Compatible with MSI PRO Z690-A Release v1.1.2

Published at September 8, 2023 · Piotr Król ·  10 min read

Discover the latest Dasharo v1.1.2 release, designed with you in mind. Enjoy the freedom to personalize with the new logo customization feature, and flash open-source firmware safely with Flash BIOS recovery support. Its about making firmware both fun and secure. Dive in to find out more....

Categories: firmware security




KGPE-D16 open-source firmware status

Published at February 3, 2022 · Michał Żygowski ·  6 min read

This post covers the struggles and efforts behind the revival of KGPE-D16. Something that community was waiting for a long time. With Dasharo firmware the platform obtained a new life and sees a new daylight with more security features and improvements....

Categories: firmware security


Dasharo for Dell OptiPlex 7010 / 9010

Published at November 26, 2021 · Michał Żygowski ·  8 min read

Open source firmware may be hundreds of times better than the proprietary one. On the example of Dell OptiPlex 7010 / 9010 we will show you the advantages of Dasharo firmware on this machine....

Categories: firmware



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