LibreOffice 7.5 update: A great time to jump on this FOSS productivity suite
FOSDEM Decent upgrade from older versions, essential if you're still on OpenOffice
Applications03 Feb 2023 | 65
Liam is The Register's Prague-based journalist covering free-and-open-source software (FOSS), operating systems, and cloud developments.
WINE Windows translation layer has matured like a fine... you get the picture
Along with DXVK 2.1, more and better compatibility comes to Linux – we'll drink to that
OSes03 Feb 2023 | 59
Google opens arms to VMware in the cloud and Microsoft 365 on ChromeOS
From the Department of Improbable Alliances
Off-Prem02 Feb 2023 | 9
System76 teases features coming in homegrown Rust-based desktop COSMIC
Meanwhile, Xfce takes its first steps toward Wayland support
OSes02 Feb 2023 | 41
Linux Mint 21.2 includes a bit of feature creep from the GNOME world
Plus Xfce flavor desktop based on latest version 4.18
OSes01 Feb 2023 | 41
helloSystem 0.8: A friendly, all-graphical FreeBSD
Not complete yet, but getting closer to welcoming Mac migrants and systemd scorners
OSes31 Jan 2023 | 78
Tales from four decades in the Sinclair aftermarket: Parts, upgrades and party tricks
Retro Tech Week RWAP Software owner Rich Mellor talks ZX81 sound cards and linking USB printers to parallel ports
Personal Tech20 Jan 2023 | 15
Arca Noae is modernizing OS/2 Warp for 21st century PCs
Retro Tech Week Lewis Rosenthal talks about why some companies still need to run OS/2 today – including on UEFI and GPT hardware
OSes19 Jan 2023 | 44
Founder of FreeDOS recounts the story so far, and the future
Retro Tech Week What is dead may never die, and it's all thanks to Jim Hall
OSes18 Jan 2023 | 19
Bringing the first native OS for Arm back from the brink
Retro Tech Week Steve Revill of RISC OS Open chats to us about taking the project into the future
OSes17 Jan 2023 | 40
Unix is dead. Long live Unix!
Comment Don't expect to see any more big AIX news. What does that leave us with?
OSes17 Jan 2023 | 174
Version 5 of the Endless OS enters testing
This may show a future direction for Linux desktops
OSes12 Jan 2023 | 77
Fedora 38 is finally taking shape
New Budgie and Sway spins, Xfce 4.18, and initial support for Unified Kernel Images
Software11 Jan 2023 | 7
Haiku beta 4: BeOS rebuild / almost ready for release / A thing of beauty
Open source reimplementation could be even better than the original in its prime
OSes11 Jan 2023 | 122
New software sells new hardware – but a threat to that symbiosis is coming
Comment Complex software packages need ever gruntier specs... and Koomey’s Law awaits
OSes11 Jan 2023 | 33
Fancy a quick tour of DragonFly BSD 6.4?
We buzz around new version of the other-other-other FOSS-xNix-that-isn't-Linux
OSes06 Jan 2023 | 39
Debian-based siduction gains snapshots, new recovery tools and more
Where you want to be for the latest and greatest, but not for the faint of heart
OSes05 Jan 2023 | 9
Calculate Linux: It's like Gentoo, but for businesses
Russian distro transforms source-based rolling release into stable, versioned product… theoretically
OSes04 Jan 2023 | 10
Vanilla OS 22.10: An Arch and Fedora-compatible Ubuntu
Despite its name and looks, this is quite the radical departure for a Linux distro
OSes03 Jan 2023 | 17
Riding in Sidecar: How to get a Psion online in 2023
Using a gigahertz-class computer to get an 36MHz computer onto the internet – or even just printing
Personal Tech03 Jan 2023 | 53
Fancy climbing into ALP over New Year's? Fresh preview versions of SUSE's distro and NetBSD 10 are here
Ideal if you're looking for something to play with over the holidays
OSes23 Dec 2022 | 8
What's in Santa's sack? New Linux Mint, EndeavourOS and postmarketOS updates
A last-minute dose of festive FOSS freshness
OSes21 Dec 2022 | 12
Pine64 takes another shot at an open tablet after chip shortages killed first PineTab
Updates for multiple devices including PinePhone Pro and keyboard incoming
Personal Tech21 Dec 2022 | 15
SystemRescue 9.06 is here with the shiny new Xfce 4.18
It also boasts MemTest86+ 6, which now can boot and run on UEFI machines
OSes20 Dec 2022 | 29
Linux kernel 6.2 promises multiple filesystem improvements
Meanwhile the next-gen Linux filesystems are going nowhere fast
OSes20 Dec 2022 | 25
openSUSE Tumbleweed team changes its mind about x86-64-v2
Tumbleweed hits some turbulence, but there's no reason to be alarmed… 'By the way, does anyone know how to fly a plane?'
OSes16 Dec 2022 | 9
GCC 13 to support Modula-2: Follow-up to Pascal lives on in FOSS form
Niklaus Wirth's lesser known programming language still kicking around
Software16 Dec 2022 | 49
Need a video editor, FOSS fans? OpenShot and Kdenlive both refreshed
Cross-platform so you can run it on a Windows box, too
Applications15 Dec 2022 | 43
If GNU please: Rust support merged for the forthcoming GCC 13
Updated But don't get too excited. It's as preliminary as the kernel support
Software15 Dec 2022 | 7
You can hook your MIDI keyboard up to a website with Firefox 108
Don't worry, there are some other improvements thrown in too
Software14 Dec 2022 | 35
What did Unix fans learn from the end of Unix workstations?
Feature The 'good old days' were sometimes ugly, but please let us experience their good bits
OSes13 Dec 2022 | 138
NixOS 22.11 'Raccoon': Like a proof of concept you can do things with
Another Linux OS – but this time it's all about the software packaging
OSes13 Dec 2022 | 15
TOR Browser 12 released with support for Albanian, Ukrainian
If you are concerned about browsing discreetly, this makes it easier
Applications12 Dec 2022 | 2
MacOS9.app: A tour de force of emulation and integration
Friday FOSS Fest The 'Infinite Mac' is an astonishing demonstration of emulation and integration between some of the best tech of the '90s and the '20s
OSes09 Dec 2022 | 16
Fresh version of Xfce, the oldest Linux desktop of them all, revealed in Xubuntu builds
4.18 the first update of lightweight, minimalist UNIX gear since 2020
OSes08 Dec 2022 | 24
Longstanding bug in Linux kernel floppy handling fixed
Good news, everyone! Er, someone. Anyone? Bueller?
Software07 Dec 2022 | 69
Desktop OpenSolaris fork OpenIndiana shoots fresh version – Hipster
Latest offshoot of Illumos project continues development of FOSS version of Solaris
OSes07 Dec 2022 | 10
Not all vendors' Arm-powered kit is created equally, benchmark fan finds
Shiny silicon plus Rusty drivers will eventually equal openly saucy happiness
Personal Tech06 Dec 2022 | 15
Fancy some fresh Linux Mint? 21.1 enters beta, should be here by Christmas
If you like the flavor of Cinnamon, good news: you'll get a new version
OSes05 Dec 2022 | 8
A brand new Linux DRM display driver – for a 1992 computer
Feature 680x0: the CPU architecture that just will not die
Personal Tech05 Dec 2022 | 108
Google frees nifty ML image-compression model... but it's for JPEG-XL
Yep. The very same JPEG-XL that's just been axed from Chromium
AI + ML02 Dec 2022 | 38
Twenty years on, command-line virus scanner ClamAV puts out version 1
Used by millions – and the first official finished edition is here
Security01 Dec 2022 | 15
openSUSE makes baseline CPU requirements a little friendlier than feared
Tumbleweed rolling-release distro to need v2 of x86-64 – and drop x86-32 edition
OSes30 Nov 2022 | 20
Redox OS version 0.8 is both strange and very familiar
'Experimental operating system' it may be, but it's still Unix/Linux-like
OSes29 Nov 2022 | 41
Fresh versions of Ubuntu Touch, Mir display server, and Unity arrive
Make a big FOSS for Ubuntu Touch OTA-24, Mir 2.10, and the return of Unity on Arch Linux
OSes29 Nov 2022 | 16
RIP Fred 'Mythical Man-Month' Brooks: IBM guru of software project management
Obit Turing Award winner who helped spread the eight-bit byte
Software28 Nov 2022 | 62
Looking for a holiday DIY project? Build your own pen-plotter, for under $15
Ubuntu Summit BrachioGraph: 'The cheapest, simplest possible pen-plotter'
Bootnotes14 Nov 2022 | 19
No formal certifications? CUE the Ubuntu skills testing scheme
Ubuntu Summit Canonical is working on a new way to prove to employers you know your stuff
Software10 Nov 2022 | 5
OpenPrinting keeps old printers working – even on Windows
Ubuntu Summit Or, how to make an unsupported printer work on Windows 11 with Ubuntu and WSL2
Software10 Nov 2022 | 77
Strong support for Snap and Ubuntu Core as Canonical meet IRL
Ubuntu Summit Reg FOSS desk chats with one of the core architects
OSes09 Nov 2022 | 49
Heavy, man: Tuxedo puts out 2.2kg Stellaris AMD Gen 4
Review Apparently, you can still get laptops with good keyboard feel
Personal Tech08 Nov 2022 | 22
Mozilla Foundation launches ethical venture capital fund
An unexpected move, but we suspect that Carl Sagan might have approved
Software04 Nov 2022 | 6
Nitrux 2.5: The latest update to a radical Linux
Also one of the first distros we've seen with Kernel 6.0
OSes03 Nov 2022 | 18
Version 252 of systemd, as expected, locks down the Linux boot process
The init system that everybody loves to hate
OSes03 Nov 2022 | 170
9front releases new version of Plan 9 OS fork: The Golden Age of Ballooning
Prepare to be confused
OSes02 Nov 2022 | 12
Zorin OS 16.2: Shapeshifting desktop to help the Linux-wary feel more at home
Pining for Windows XP? Update to the last major release can do that
OSes02 Nov 2022 | 15
Linux Lite 6.2: Latest release from distro with a misleading name
One of the more popular Ubuntu-based flavors for new migrants from Windows
OSes01 Nov 2022 | 22
Linux world gains ability to repair exFAT drives
FAT ain't dead, and the modern version can get big. Really big
OSes01 Nov 2022 | 38
Google kills forthcoming JPEG XL image format in Chromium
And just for balance nixes version 2 of its own format, WebP, as well
Software31 Oct 2022 | 65
RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language
Obituary Builder and programmer of the ARC and SEC turned 100 this year
Software29 Oct 2022 | 67
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