Hackers Turn the Nintendo Switch into a Linux Tablet with KDE Plasma Desktop

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Hacking group fail0verflow‏ have managed to install a graphical user interface on the Nintendo Switch after announcing last week that the gaming console was hacked to run a Linux-based operating system.

Last week, the famous fail0verflow‏ hacking group made it possible to run the Debian GNU/Linux operating system on the Nintendo Switch gaming console through a vulnerability they discovered during intense research sessions to find hardware flaws in the device.

According to their findings, the hacking group said that the exploit they found could not be fixed by Nintendo through a firmware update as it was aimed at a flaw in the boot ROM. The vulnerability allowed them to install and run the popular Debian GNU/Linux operating system on the console.

Nintendo Switch as a full-fledged Linux tablet

Over the weekend, the fail0verflow‏ hacking gr… (read more)

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