British Perl guru Matt Trout dead at 42
obituary A controversial and polarizing figure, but also widely hailed
Software11 Jul 2025 | 3
Liam is an EMEA-based Register journalist covering free-and-open-source software (FOSS), operating systems, and cloud developments. Prior to joining our publisher, he has had decades of experience in the worlds of IT and publishing, with roles ranging from tech support and IT manager to teacher, technical writer, and software director.
Red Hat sweetens the RHEL deal for biz devs – just don't put it in prod
Up to 25 instances for free, but only to play with
PaaS + IaaS10 Jul 2025 | 15
Anubis guards gates against hordes of LLM bot crawlers
Updated Using proof of work to block the web-crawlers of 'AI' companies
AI + ML09 Jul 2025 | 33
Thunderbird ESR is here: Mozilla's email client adds new functions
Version 140 has built-in MS Exchange support – and a year's updates ahead
Applications09 Jul 2025 | 26
Firefox is fine. The people running it are not
Opinion Mozilla's management is a bug, not a feature
Software08 Jul 2025 | 143
iFixit gives new Fairphone 6 top marks for repairability: 10/10
It's not cheap or high end, but it should last you for years to come
Personal Tech05 Jul 2025 | 37
Wikidata: Attempting to bridge FOSS ideals and direct democracy
Comment There's more to the Wikimedia organization than the famous encyclopedia
Offbeat04 Jul 2025 | 19
Canonical adds extra shots to Ubuntu Java
Juices the tooling and support for developers and enterprise customers
Software03 Jul 2025 | 4
Wayback gives X11 desktops a fighting chance in a Wayland world
Minimalist glue code offers surprising lifeline for stubborn display setups
Software03 Jul 2025 | 101
Fedora 43 won't drop 32-bit app support – or adopt Xlibre
Community vetoes plans to axe i686 compatibility and switch X11 forks
OSes01 Jul 2025 | 38
Linus Torvalds hints Bcachefs may get dropped from the Linux kernel
Kernel 6.16 may be the last with the new disk format
OSes01 Jul 2025 | 54
Mitch Kapor finally completes MIT master's degree after 45-year detour
During which he coded Lotus 1-2-3 and co-founded Mozilla and the EFF
Software30 Jun 2025 | 13
What if Microsoft just turned you off? Security pro counts the cost of dependency
Comment Czech researcher lays out a business case for reducing reliance on Redmond
Security26 Jun 2025 | 116
Exif marks the spot as fresh version of PNG image standard arrives
22 years on from the last spec, you can now animate your PNGs
Software26 Jun 2025 | 70
OpenDylan sheds some parentheses in 2025.1 update
Apple's advanced next-generation Lisp is still being maintained as FOSS
Software26 Jun 2025 | 24
Cosmoe: New C++ toolkit for building native Wayland apps
New UI library has 23 years of history – and unexpected roots
Software25 Jun 2025 | 13
Microsoft dangles extended Windows 10 support in exchange for Reward Points
Or your cloud-bound soul. Otherwise, $30 please
OSes25 Jun 2025 | 51
Mozilla rolls out Firefox 140 with ESR status and fresh features
Say hello to a year's support, but bid goodbye to Pocket
Software24 Jun 2025 | 40
Xlibre forks to the rescue – but Kubuntu gives X11 the boot
Summer Solstice release lands as another distro ditches the old display protocol
Software24 Jun 2025 | 45
Tiling terminal multiplexers for the console connoisseur
Split your shell for fun and profit – even over remote connections
Software24 Jun 2025 | 41
Breaking the nerd internet: Three overlapping generations of tech history – in one selfie
Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, and Dave Cutler have dinner
OSes23 Jun 2025 | 71
Xlibre fork lights a fire under long-dormant X.org development
Comment X11 is very far from dead – no matter if some want it to be
Software20 Jun 2025 | 104
/e/ OS 3.0: Slightly less clunky, slightly more private
Probably the easiest way to a Google-free smartphone or tablet
OSes19 Jun 2025 | 57
KDE Plasma 6.4 ships with major usability and Wayland improvements
The richest and most customizable desktop for FOSS Unix
OSes18 Jun 2025 | 20
LibreOffice adds voice to 'ditch Windows for Linux' campaign
Next version to drop Windows 7 through 8.1, and 32-bit Windows support is on the way out, too
OSes16 Jun 2025 | 109
As RHEL clones hit version 10, Rocky and Alma chart diverging paths
We take a quick look at the headline features – and the growing differences
OSes14 Jun 2025 | 37
Danish department determined to dump Microsoft
Comment Jutes revolt against Redmond: Minister for Digital Affairs aims the longboats away from Vinland
Applications13 Jun 2025 | 125
Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora 43 to drop X11 in GNOME editions
Distros align with GNOME 49's move to make Wayland the only supported session
OSes12 Jun 2025 | 72
RIP: Bill Atkinson, co-creator of Apple Lisa and Mac
Obit His work set the direction of modern computer interfaces, and much more
Software11 Jun 2025 | 24
Forked-off Xlibre tells Wayland display protocol to DEI in a fire
Updated Project to modernize the X.org X11 server seems to actively court controversy
Software10 Jun 2025 | 248
OpenMamba: Eat your greens, they're good for you
Fancy getting rolling with something Qt and Italian?
OSes02 Jun 2025 | 5
Thunderbird is go: 139 follows closely on Firefox's heels
One of the new smaller monthly releases – and how to tweak it
Software29 May 2025 | 44
Sardina throws bait toward SUSE Enterprise Storage users
Updated Wiggles tiny price for FishOS Ceph-based wares as deprecation of Ceph continues
Storage29 May 2025 | 7
Firefox 139 arrives for non-Chromium browser fans
Project shutdowns at Mozilla are not encouraging, though
Software28 May 2025 | 30
Three ways to run Windows apps on a Linux box
hands on Easy, medium, and the sledgehammer approach – or any combination you fancy
OSes28 May 2025 | 121
The elusive goal of Unix – or Linux – simplicity
Comment Or, rediscovering the KISS principle, the long way round
OSes27 May 2025 | 59
What would a Microsoft engineer do to Ubuntu? AnduinOS is the answer
It's not radical, but it is slim and pretty – usually a winning combination
OSes23 May 2025 | 76
Neptune OS is Debian made easy but, boy, does it need some housekeeping
A media-ready remix with KDE, codecs, and clutter from its BeOS-flavored past
OSes22 May 2025 | 37
AROS turns any PC into an Amiga with USB-bootable distro
And other ways to get that Amiga feeling on a budget
OSes22 May 2025 | 66
LastOS slaps neon paint on Linux Mint and dares you to run Photoshop
Another distro for Windows users – presumably ones who love bling
OSes19 May 2025 | 98
Apple to add fresh accessibility features for 2025
Global Accessibility Awareness Day It matters for everyone, because we'll all be disabled one day
Personal Tech18 May 2025 | 31
The 'End of 10' is nigh, but don't bury your PC just yet
Linux types mobilize website to help people avoid creating more e-waste
OSes15 May 2025 | 251
RHEL 10 quietly leaks ahead of Red Hat Summit
GA date slips out on Japanese site, vanishes from English
OSes14 May 2025 | 11
Europe plots escape hatch from enshittification of search
Plus: How to make Google less unhelpful
Software14 May 2025 | 93
FreeBSD fans rally round zVault upstart
Community fork picks up where TrueNAS CORE left off
The State of Storage12 May 2025 | 15
A new Lazarus arises – for the fourth time – for Pascal programming fans
And if it's your first time around, there's a whole new free book on FreePascal
Software09 May 2025 | 48
openSUSE deep sixes Deepin desktop over security stink
Linux giant finds Chinese environment to be perilous beneath pretty exterior
Security09 May 2025 | 23
GNOME Foundation's new executive director is Canadian, a techie, and a GNOME user
Steven Deobald certainly talks the talk
OSes08 May 2025 | 19
Fedora 42 now an official Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 distro
Modern Linux, vintage kernel
OSes07 May 2025 | 19
Linux kernel to drop 486 and early 586 support
Get in the bin: For the first time since 2012, some older CPU generations are being chopped
OSes07 May 2025 | 74
Commodore OS 3 is the loudest Linux yet
One distro has to be the most extra – and here it is
OSes06 May 2025 | 51
Oregon State University's Open Source Lab is running on fumes
Shakeup in US higher education funding means FOSS incubator is short a quarter of a million bucks
Software02 May 2025 | 20
KDE 3 lives to fight another day as Trinity Desktop 14.1.4 hits the shelves
Good news, everyone: 15 years on, TDE still pushes pixels
OSes01 May 2025 | 19
Thunderbird joins Firefox on the monthly treadmill
We'll see if messaging client can keep up with sibling browser
Software30 Apr 2025 | 25
BTW Windows Subsystem for Linux officially uses Arch now
The tryhard's favorite distro wins an approved home in Microsoft's OS
OSes30 Apr 2025 | 13
OpenBSD 7.7 released with updated hardware support, 9Front ships second update of 2025
The OS refresh brings Ryzen AI and Arrow Lake compatibility
OSes29 Apr 2025 | 20
The State of Open Source in 2025? Honestly, it's a mess but you knew that already
The good news: everyone's using it. The bad news: have you seen how they're using it?
Software29 Apr 2025 | 38
From PlayStation to routers, you've probably been using FreeBSD without knowing it
Interview The OS came first, the foundation later – so what does it do?
OSes28 Apr 2025 | 14
Build your own antisocial writing rig with DOS and a $2 USB key
Reg hack pines for simpler times, then tries to recapture them
Software26 Apr 2025 | 72
Fedora 42 has the Answer, but Ubuntu's Plucky Puffin isn't far behind
Watch your partitions – GPT and dual-boot don't always mix
OSes24 Apr 2025 | 13
Biting the hand that feeds IT
