Broken wizard forces Microsoft to issue out-of-band Windows 10 patch
End of support? Not quite
OSes12 Nov 2025 | 17
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MS Task Manager turns 30: Creator reveals how a 'very Unixy impulse' endured in Windows
Dave Plummer's 85 KB troubleshooting tool shipped with his home number on the code
Applications12 Nov 2025 | 31
Secret setting hints haptic feedback coming to Windows 11 UI
Microsoft has generated some buzz about generating some buzz
OSes10 Nov 2025 | 24
Ironclad OS project popping out Unix-like kernel in a unique mix of languages
There's more to safer systems languages than Rust
OSes10 Nov 2025 | 24
Windows 11 26H1 is coming ... for new processors only
It's OK to look: New Canary channel build supports specific silicon while 26H2 remains the main 2026 update
OSes10 Nov 2025 | 41
De-duplicating the desktops: Let's come together, right now
opinion Here come old FlatPak, it comes grooving up slowly...
OSes10 Nov 2025 | 152
Techie ran up $40,000 bill trying to download a driver
Who, Me? In the dialup age, small mistakes could cost big money
OSes10 Nov 2025 | 124
52-year-old data tape could contain only known copy of UNIX V4
It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
OSes07 Nov 2025 | 85
'Windows sucks,' former Microsoft engineer says, explains how to fix it
Respecting users choices and offering a hardcore mode among key suggestions.
OSes07 Nov 2025 | 167
When Debian won't do, Devuan 6 'Excalibur' Linux makes the grade
Debian 13 base, minus systemd and RISC-V build
OSes05 Nov 2025 | 43
Copilot can replace Search in latest Windows 11 test builds, but it's not a good idea
hands on When you opt in, your taskbar becomes an extension of the Copilot app, but with some search added in
OSes04 Nov 2025 | 18
Game on! Penguin levels up as Linux finally cracks 3% on Steam
Only a point up in a year, but that’s a 50% leap for Linux gamers
OSes04 Nov 2025 | 56
Win10 still clings to over 40% of devices weeks after Microsoft pulls support
Popular operating system much more sticky than Windows 7 was during its EOL
OSes04 Nov 2025 | 61
'What the hell, Microsoft?' Users hit with incorrect ESU and LTSC Win10 out-of-support messages
Microsoft accidentally tells supported users that they aren't
OSes04 Nov 2025 | 31
Debian demands Rust or rust in peace for legacy ports
Memory safety trumps retro computing: Alpha, PA-RISC, m68k, SH4 face the chop in 2026
OSes03 Nov 2025 | 65
Pop!_OS deejays prepare to release holiday remix along with Cosmic v 1.0
Ubuntu Summit Christmas is coming, the GNOME is getting fat… please put a penny in the old red hat?
OSes03 Nov 2025 | 18
Snap out of it: Canonical on Flatpak friction, Core Desktop, and the future of Ubuntu
Ubuntu Summit Jon Seager, VP of Engineering, talks exclusively to The Reg
OSes03 Nov 2025 | 38
Microsoft Task Manager now tasking PCs with running multiple copies of itself
The once fearsome process killer is now a leaker of resources
OSes31 Oct 2025 | 32
Developer puts Windows 7 on a crash diet, drops it to down to 69 MB
Trim down for obsolete operating system leaves it booting, but not much else
OSes31 Oct 2025 | 48
Linux vendors are getting into Ubuntu – and Snap
Ubuntu Summit Ubuntu's much-maligned format may be finally reaching critical mass
OSes31 Oct 2025 | 60
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Retail giant Kingfisher rejects SAP ERP upgrade plan
'Don't just give me a price list or licensing module that spikes cost by 20x, show me the value,' says CTO
UK asks cyberspies to probe whether Chinese buses can be switched off remotely
Norwegian testers claim maker has remote access, while UK importer says supplier complies with the law
North Korean spies turn Google's Find Hub into remote-wipe weapon
KONNI espionage crew covertly abused Google’s Find My Device feature to remotely factory-reset Android phones
UK's Ajax fighting vehicle arrives – years late and still sending crew to hospital
Continuous track of long awaited AFV hits the ground ... and the terrain is pretty bumpy
Hitachi-owned GlobalLogic admits data stolen on 10k current and former staff
Clop's Oracle EBS exploit spree shows no sign of slowing, claims nearly 30 more casualties in media, finance, and tech.
EU's reforms of GDPR, AI slated by privacy activists for 'playing into Big Tech’s hands'
Lobbying efforts gain ground as proposals carve myriad holes into regulations
OWASP Top 10: Broken access control still tops app security list
Risk list highlights misconfigs, supply chain failures, and singles out prompt injection in AI apps
US taxpayers being kept in the dark over datacenter subsidies
Disclosure? We've heard of it
Mozilla's Firefox 145 is heeeeeere: Buffs up privacy, bloats AI
Updated Improves tracking prevention, profile management, PDF editing, and Perplexity creeps into your address bar
Broken wizard forces Microsoft to issue out-of-band Windows 10 patch
End of support? Not quite
STORIES
NHS left with sick PCs as suppliers resist Windows 11 treatment
Hospitals told to upgrade, but some medical device makers haven't prescribed compatibility yet
OSes31 Oct 2025 | 76
KDE tidies up Plasma 6.5 with 60-odd fixes and smoother setup for OEMs
Big release with a lot of new features – and a few inevitable glitches
OSes30 Oct 2025 | 6
Canonical CEO says no to IPO in current volatile market
Interview 'We should be a public company,' Shuttleworth tells The Reg, just not 'with our trousers around our ankles'
OSes30 Oct 2025 | 39
Microsoft gives Windows 11 a fresh Start – here's how to get it
More convenient layout saves you a click
OSes29 Oct 2025 | 66
'Keep Android Open' movement fights back against Google sideloading restrictions
Petition seeks to rally community opposition and alert regulators
OSes29 Oct 2025 | 26
Ubuntu Unity hanging by a thread as wunderkind maintainer gets busy with life
Team begs for help as teenage dev who revived Canonical’s old Unity desktop prioritizes studies
OSes29 Oct 2025 | 38
The CAPITAL LETTERS trick that helped merge Windows 95 into NT
Keeping track of checks, 1990s style
Software29 Oct 2025 | 11
Bolt Graphics unveils Zeus GPU built on RISC-V and path tracing tech
Ubuntu Summit Onboard cores use a Linux stack based on Ubuntu
Systems29 Oct 2025 | 9
Clippy rises from the dead in major update to Copilot and its voice interface
Hands On The new Microsoft assistant is a blob named Mico, but you can turn it into everyone’s favorite paper clip.
AI + ML24 Oct 2025 | 22
Fedora council approves policy allowing AI-assisted contributions
Intense discussion approves AI – but subject to full responsibility and disclosure
AI + ML23 Oct 2025 | 3
OpenBSD 7.8 out now, and you're not seeing double, 9front releases 'Release'
New version includes multithreaded TCP/IP and Raspberry Pi 5 support
OSes23 Oct 2025 | 26
AlmaLinux gives Btrfs a home after Red Hat kicked it out
Not the default file system, but in the installer if you want it
OSes22 Oct 2025 | 10
New Linux kernel patch lets you cancel hibernation mid-process
RFC proposes power-button interrupt – and highlights wider problems with sleep states
OSes22 Oct 2025 | 44
Introducing NTFSplus – because just one NTFS driver for Linux is never enough
Dev unveils a faster, modernized take on Microsoft's file system for penguin-powered PCs
OSes21 Oct 2025 | 45
Mobian makes Debian's latest 'Trixie' release pocket-sized
Another phone Linux? The Reg attempts to disentangle the options
OSes21 Oct 2025 | 30
Windows 11 tiptoes further into dark mode with new dialogs
Some portions of the OS are still stuck on light
OSes20 Oct 2025 | 37
Xubuntu downloads section injection threatens users with crypto infection
Attempted exploit was a feeble effort to target Windows users
Cybersecurity Month20 Oct 2025 | 2
Windows 11 update knocks out USB mice, keyboards in recovery mode
Updated October security patch leaves users unable to fix their PCs
OSes20 Oct 2025 | 75
Turns out the end of Windows 10 is good for something: The PC refresh cycle
Operating system's D-day resuscitates flatlining computer sector
Personal Tech17 Oct 2025 | 72
Windows 11 update breaks localhost, prompting mass uninstall workaround
Updated Microsoft's quality control department caught napping again
OSes16 Oct 2025 | 192
End of support for older Office and Windows Server versions pile on the pain for admins
Windows 10 is the least of some people's problems
Applications16 Oct 2025 | 40
Librephone battles the proprietary binary blob
Free Software Foundation project aims to reverse-engineer non-freedom respecting firmware
OSes15 Oct 2025 | 35
Raspberry Pi OS, LMDE, Peppermint OS join the Debian 13 club
Downstream Linux projects line up behind the latest release
OSes15 Oct 2025 | 21
Framework flame war erupts over support of politically polarizing Linux projects
Laptop maker's apolitical endorsement of politically contentious projects meets resistance
OSes14 Oct 2025 | 43
What do we want? Windows 10 support! When do we want it? Until 2030!
Updated Protesters slam forced obsolescence outside Microsoft's office
OSes14 Oct 2025 | 71
Ubuntu 25.10 lands: Rustier and Wayland-ier, but Flatpak is broken
Canonical's Questing Quokka waddles in at 5.7 GB with AppArmor woes
OSes14 Oct 2025 | 32
End of Windows 10 support is the perfect time for the Windows 11 installer to fail
Microsoft admits its media creation tool 'might not work as expected'
OSes13 Oct 2025 | 35
Windows 11 gets a fresh Start in latest Canary build
Meanwhile, Microsoft resurrects Edit and kills .NET 3.5 SP1 on demand
OSes09 Oct 2025 | 25
Windows 10 refuses to go gentle into that good night
Rage, rage against the dying of the free security updates
OSes02 Oct 2025 | 74
Microsoft confirms it found a way to make Crocs even uglier – with Windows XP and Clippy
It looks like you want some horrible shoes. Would you like to win them?
Offbeat02 Oct 2025 | 16
Aurora immutable KDE Plasma workstation: Big, slow, and confusing
Based on Universal Blue, it's akin to Fedora Kinoite with knobs on… A lot of knobs
OSes01 Oct 2025 | 15
Nadella hands Microsoft money machine off to new commercial CEO so he can visioneer the future
Judson Althoff gets the job of keeping the biz running
Software01 Oct 2025 | 11
Hundreds of orgs urge Microsoft: don’t kill off free Windows 10 updates
Petitions pile up on Satya’s desk while Windows 7 mysteriously surges back from the grave
OSes01 Oct 2025 | 86
Windows 11 25H2 is mostly 24H2 with bits bolted on or ripped out
Microsoft's Secure Future pitch lands with old bugs still in tow
OSes01 Oct 2025 | 38
Pop! System76's 24.04 beta is here – complete with a beta of polarizing COSMIC
Twice the betas and twice the crashes means twice the fun, right?
OSes30 Sep 2025 | 12
Healthcare lags in Windows 11 upgrades – and lives may depend on it
Interview Most orgs still on Windows 10, so maybe don't get ill after October 14
OSes30 Sep 2025 | 13
Windows 95 was too fat to install itself so needed help from the slimmer 3.1
30 years on, Microsoft engineer explains why the old OS had to babysit its flashy successor
OSes29 Sep 2025 | 98
Legacy Update updated – so your old Windows can be, too
Need – or prefer – an EOL version of Windows? Don't panic!
OSes29 Sep 2025 | 27
Microsoft digs up Vista-era animated wallpaper for Windows 11. Here's how to get it
hands on Debuted in 2007, an old feature is coming back
OSes26 Sep 2025 | 42
Microsoft agrees to 11th hour Win 10 end of life concessions
Updated Consumer org forces Redmond to expunge list of requirements for free ESU in Euro Economic Area, just need a Microsoft account
OSes26 Sep 2025 | 88
Just using open source software isn't radical any more. Europe needs to dig deeper
Feature Companies must realize they can be more than pure consumers, and public sector ought to go beyond 'promotion'
OSes26 Sep 2025 | 20
Google to merge Android and ChromeOS in 2026, because AI
Video You'll see the results next year, but it's not the end of Googly lappies
OSes25 Sep 2025 | 31
Bcachefs goes DKMS after Torvalds' kernel banishment
Performance of new version mostly good, but future uncertain
OSes25 Sep 2025 | 22
Zorin OS 18 beta makes Linux look like anything but Linux
Windows, macOS, Cinnamon, even iPadOS – all just a layout switch away
OSes24 Sep 2025 | 67
MX Linux 25 reaches beta testing – complete with systemd
Fancy a taste? The version based on Debian 'Trixie' is nearly ready, but not all the changes may be entirely welcome
OSes23 Sep 2025 | 17
Linux's love-to-hate projects drop fresh versions: systemd 258 and GNOME 49
Init system update arrives behind schedule while desktop overhaul adds app and HDR polish
OSes23 Sep 2025 | 61
You can now test drive Fedora 43 and Ubuntu 25.10
Spooky season is nearly here. Want to be scared? There are fresh betas to try
OSes22 Sep 2025 | 11
Windows 11 update leaves Blu-ray and TV apps stuttering
Protected content in some Blu-ray and DVD applications broken
OSes22 Sep 2025 | 46
Linux has the lineage to out-evolve the deadliest of cyber threats, given the right push
Opinion Darwin would understand microkernels. We need microkernels that understand Darwin.
OSes22 Sep 2025 | 26
Make Windows 11 more useful and less annoying with these 11 Registry hacks
hands on From pain-free shutdowns to crap-free search, these tweaks will improve your experience
OSes21 Sep 2025 | 119
How and why Linux has thrived after three decades in Kernelland
Open Source Summit 'Just a hobby, won't be big and professional like GNU...'
Bootnotes18 Sep 2025 | 69
Why Microsoft has the name of an old mouse hidden in its Bluetooth drivers
Screw-up or conspiracy?
OSes17 Sep 2025 | 62
UEFI Secure Boot for Linux Arm64 – where do we stand?
Still exotic for now, but moves are afoot
OSes17 Sep 2025 | 31
Key KDE developer Jonathan Riddell quits
Former head of Kubuntu and neon says adiós after 25 years
OSes16 Sep 2025 | 12
Office 2016 and 2019 face October 14 execution date
The Microsoft Axman Cometh
OSes16 Sep 2025 | 56
Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updates
Nothing says ‘circular economy’ like Microsoft stranding 400 million PCs on International E-waste Day
OSes16 Sep 2025 | 117
The end of Windows 10 means early Surface Hub hardware will be bricking it
Beware the meeting room zombies
Personal Tech16 Sep 2025 | 18
Linux Mint picks up the pace with LMDE 7 and Wayland-ready Cinnamon
Devs sketch plans for two more releases this year, blending Debian foundations with modern display tech
OSes16 Sep 2025 | 38
It's the final countdown: Windows 10 hits end of support in less than 30 days
Microsoft reminds holdouts they've got less than a month before the update tap runs dry
OSes16 Sep 2025 | 51
Dirac audio glitch finally silenced in Windows 11 24H2
Microsoft removes safeguard hold thanks to updated drivers
OSes15 Sep 2025 | 8
Bring back your old Mac: 5 ways to refresh the OS on elderly Apples
Newer OSes for unsupported kit, and new browsers for older OSes. There's always a way
OSes13 Sep 2025 | 83
Fork that: Three alternative kernels show devs don't need Linux
Managarm, Asterinas, Xous – where disaffected code whisperers could go
OSes12 Sep 2025 | 63
I'm out, says OpenSUSE: We're dropping bcachefs support from next kernel version
The first distro vendor to announces its move says nein, danke
OSes12 Sep 2025 | 43
Nano11 cuts Windows 11 down to size, grabbing just 2.8 GB of disk space
Slicing Windows 11 to the bone while Microsoft piles on the features
OSes11 Sep 2025 | 76
'Questing Quokka' enters UI freeze as Ubuntu 25.10 nears release
Rust coreutils, TPM encryption, and GNOME 49 line up for October debut
OSes11 Sep 2025 | 10
KDE Linux and FreeBSD hit alpha and – surprise – fan fave Pop_OS nearly at beta
It's the season of FOSS fruitfulness as juicy goodness falls from the branch
OSes10 Sep 2025 | 53
Why Windows 95 left a handy power saving feature on the cutting-room floor
Microsoft feared too many machines would end up bricked
OSes09 Sep 2025 | 34
Microsoft veteran's worst Windows bug was Pinball running at 5,000 FPS
Dev admits the game once ate an entire CPU core
OSes09 Sep 2025 | 31
Linus has had enough of links that point to 'stupid useless garbage'
'Stop this garbage already!'
OSes08 Sep 2025 | 44
Ubuntu users left waiting after Canonical's servers take weekend off
Package queues jammed until Monday despite brief downtime
OSes08 Sep 2025 | 27
No more waiting for lines: New Windows keyboard shortcuts output em and en dashes with ease
Hands on Insider builds have them now. Everyone else will have to employ other methods
OSes06 Sep 2025 | 76
Firefox ESR 115 won't quit Windows 7 – at least not until March 2026
Firefox 145 is dumping 32-bit Linux, though
Software05 Sep 2025 | 7
Linux Mint 22.2 polishes the desktop, but kernel updates are the real deal
Point release brings Cinnamon tweaks, shiny apps, and Ubuntu's Hardware Enablement stack
OSes05 Sep 2025 | 29
Windows starts asking for admin rights where it shouldn't after security fix
Patch closes vuln but leaves standard users locked out of common apps
OSes04 Sep 2025 | 33
Linux Lite relief: 7.6 keeps it simple, shiny, and mostly slim
Ubuntu 24.04.3, with a prettified Xfce 4.18
OSes04 Sep 2025 | 29
FreeBSD Project isn't ready to let AI commit code just yet
But it's OK to use it for docs and translations
OSes03 Sep 2025 | 40
GNOME Foundation boss exits after just four months
Board calls move a mutual decision but offers no details on what went wrong
OSes03 Sep 2025 | 32
Microsoft readies Windows 11 25H2 while Windows 10 circles the drain
Preview build drops as end-of-support deadline looms for predecessor
OSes02 Sep 2025 | 36
Reg readers have spoken: 93% back move away from Microsoft in UK public sector
Register debate series As government says £9B could end up in Redmond, poll says it's time for new thinking
Public Sector02 Sep 2025 | 86
RefreshOS 2.5: The Debian remix that borrows from every desk in the house
A remarkable mixture of different components, but it works
OSes29 Aug 2025 | 14
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