OSes
The old New: Windows veteran explains that menu item
'Maybe that's what you do, but that's not what everybody does'
21 Jul 19:47 | 147
OSes
OSes
Windows 11 gets chatty as Teams integration turns up
There is no escaping Microsoft's messaging platform
21 Jul 13:44 | 35
OSes
Ubuntu on a phone, anyone? UBports reaches 18th stable update, but it's still based on 16.04
Improving the Google-free mobile OS has proven to be an uphill struggle
20 Jul 13:48 | 29
Hands On
Windows 11: What we like and don't like about Microsoft's operating system so far
Brace yourself, there have been some changes to the Start menu, File Explorer
19 Jul 20:59 | 175
OSes
Windows 10 to hang on for five more years with 21H2 update
Lots of time for legacy users
16 Jul 20:05 | 64
OSes
Microsoft extends security updates for Windows and SQL Server 2012 and 2008
Free if you move ’em to Azure, but on-prem costs will exceed licence fees in third and final year of new offer
15 Jul 05:01 | 8
OSes
Happy 4.20: Latest version of Tails bakes connection wizard into pro-privacy Linux distro
Operating system now more flexible in how you get online
14 Jul 18:29 | 1
OSes
Huh, it's as if something happened that made people not like CentOS so much
Ubuntu snatches top spot in 2020 OpenStack User Survey
14 Jul 12:01 | 28
Column
Windows 11 still doesn't understand our complex lives – and it hurts
Linux user dips toe in Microsoft OS
12 Jul 08:30 | 145
OSes
Linux kernel sheds legacy IDE support, but driver-dominated 5.14 rc1 still grows
Please ignore pesky AMD GPU hardware description header files, says Linus Torvalds
12 Jul 00:00 | 43
Interview
CentOS Stream: 'I was slow on the uptake, but I get what they are doing now,' says Rocky Linux founder
Greg Kurtzer: Red Hat did the right thing and the new scenario is better than the old
09 Jul 13:07 | 29
OSes
Linux Foundation celebrates 30 years of Torvalds' kernel with a dry T-shirt contest
Artistic types invited to submit their designs – under very specific guidelines
08 Jul 21:32 | 46
OSes
Calling all fanbois: If you can't wait to glimpse iOS 15, Apple is running a public beta now
Next version of iPhone software boasts plenty of changes, but experience will be buggy for now
02 Jul 15:15 | 9
OSes
Rocky Linux release attracts 80,000 downloads as ex-CentOS users mull choices
Who has the best RHEL clone? Rivals jostle for position
02 Jul 10:47 | 52
OSes
Microsoft wasn't joking about the Dev Channel not enforcing hardware checks: Windows 11 pops up on Pi, mobile phone
So what's with the TPM malarky?
30 Jun 20:28 | 54
OSes
System76 releases Ubuntu-based Pop!_OS 21.04 with auto-tiling COSMIC desktop
New take on GNOME designed for productivity
30 Jun 18:15 | 6
Bork!Bork!Bork!
We hope this hotel has a nice spa because Windows sure looks like it needs some R&R
If you'd like to restart and try ag-
29 Jun 10:06 | 10
Updated
Microsoft releases Windows 11 Insider Preview, attempts to defend labyrinth of hardware requirements
Says its PC Health Check app didn't provide 'the level of detail or accuracy you expected from us'
28 Jun 23:53 | 85
OSes
Developing for Windows 11: Like developing for Windows 10, but with rounded corners?
Windows App SDK, Android, Arm64, micro-interactions, and two new fonts
28 Jun 15:17 | 60
OSes
Linus Torvalds launches Linux kernel 5.13 after seven release candidates
M1 support, interesting Azure integrations, RISC-V love among notable features
27 Jun 23:32 | 19
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Everyone cites that 'bugs are 100x more expensive to fix in production' research, but the study might not even exist
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Russia's ISS Multipurpose Laboratory Module launches after years sitting on a shelf, immediately runs into issues
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Troll jailed for 5 years after swatting of Twitter handle owner ends in death
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OSes
The old New: Windows veteran explains that menu item
'Maybe that's what you do, but that's not what everybody does'
Updated
Ably blog claims company doesn't need Kubernetes to scale, surge in traffic takes down entire website
'Well that went well'
Updated
Akamai Edge DNS goes down, takes a chunk of the internet with it
If you're wondering why some websites disappeared today
Security
Microsoft has a workaround for 'HiveNightmare' flaw: Nuke your shadow copies from orbit
It's the only way to be sure
Feature
In the '80s, satellite comms showed promise – soon it'll be a viable means to punt internet services at anyone anywhere
We've come a long way from Terry Wogan's celeb interviews
Security
NSO Group 'will no longer be responding to inquiries' about misuse of its software
Denies everything, as governments open probes into the company and its wares
Security
China pushes back against Exchange attack sponsorship claims
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Updated
Huawei dev flamed for 'useless' Linux kernel code contributions
Time-wasting commits called out as effort to burnish submission metrics
26 Jun 00:41 | 46
OSes
Google creates 'optimized' Android for one smartphone — that will only be sold in India
No word on what this means for Android Go or Android One, but Indian mega-carrier Jio is excited about over-the-air updates, Google Assistant and more
25 Jun 05:01 | 14
OSes
What you need to know about Microsoft Windows 11: It will run Android apps
The operating system they said shouldn't exist
24 Jun 19:22 | 256
Column
Windows 11: Meet the new OS, same as the old OS (or close enough)
From point release to pointless release
21 Jun 08:31 | 254
OSes
Say helloSystem: Mac-like FreeBSD project emits 0.5 release
Why? Because the Mac has lost its way and modern OSes are too controlled and too complex, creator argues
16 Jun 10:01 | 73
Hands on
Dependable Debian is like a rock in a swirling gyre of 'move fast and break things', and version 11 is no different
A lot of effort has gone into this release and it shows – everything 'just works'
16 Jun 08:30 | 47
OSes
What Microsoft's Windows 11 will probably look like
Leak of glossy makeover turns hype up to ... you get the idea
15 Jun 23:23 | 147
OSes
Debian's Cinnamon desktop maintainer quits because he thinks KDE is better now
Panic over for users as others step up to take his place
15 Jun 19:01 | 76
OSes
Mark it in your diaries: 14 October 2025 is the end of Windows 10
Wasn't it to be the 'last version of Windows'? Maybe not...
14 Jun 12:15 | 132
OSes
Linus Torvalds tells kernel list poster to 'SHUT THE HELL UP' for saying COVID-19 vaccines create 'new humanoid race'
'Any Linux discussion list isn't going to have your idiotic drivel pass uncontested from me'
11 Jun 02:49 | 230
OSes
Google wants to look like it cares about your privacy with Android 12 Beta 2, but note that's not how Google works
Still, it's this or iOS
10 Jun 19:27 | 20
OSes
With incoming iOS 15, update refuseniks will be given choice to stay where they are while still receiving security patches
Departure from Apple's usual iron-fist approach to iPhone software
08 Jun 20:03 | 9
OSes
Apple ditches support for pre-2015 MacBook Air, Pro laptops with macOS Monterey
But it seems the iPhone 6 and SE will be looked after until the end of time
08 Jun 16:15 | 24
OSes
Linux 5.13 hits rc5, isn’t yet calm, Linus Torvalds is only mildly perturbed
Emperor Penguin hopes ‘fairly average’ release will ‘start shrinking now’
07 Jun 02:16 | 33
Analysis
Huawei names first tablets, phones to run its Android-in-disguise HarmonyOS 2
Hello, my name is Mr Snrub, and I come from, uh ... someplace far away
03 Jun 07:23 | 21
Build
Microsoft: Behold, at some later date, the next generation of Windows
Meanwhile, fans may enjoy Linux GUI apps on Windows Subsystem for Linux
25 May 23:57 | 70
