Linux kernel 4.14 gets a life extension, thanks to OpenELA Could this be the first green shoot of enterprise vendors paying for long-term maintenance? OSes19 Mar 2024 | 3
Microsoft defends barging in on Chrome with pop-up ads pushing Bing, GPT-4 We thought you people wanted choice, IT colossus sniffs Applications15 Mar 2024 | 54
Raspberry Pi OS 5.2 is here, with pleasant tweaks to Wayland-based desktop Kernel 6.6 and small refinements, plus less visible, but meaningful adjustments OSes15 Mar 2024 | 35
Fresh version of Windows user-friendly Zorin OS arrives to tempt the Linux-wary Adding extra shine to Ubuntu Jammy… with the lightweight edition to follow OSes15 Mar 2024 | 108
Fedora 41's GNOME to go Wayland-only, says goodbye to X.org Don't worry, you can still put it back, but it's an accessibility snag OSes13 Mar 2024 | 32
Trying out Microsoft's pre-release OS/2 2.0 It fell through a timewarp from an alternate and very different computing universe OSes11 Mar 2024 | 96
Linux for older phones postmarketOS changes its init system Good news, everyone! The world's favorite daemon, systemd, is coming to phones. OSes11 Mar 2024 | 114
Linux 6.9 will be the first to top ten million Git objects For now, have Linux 6.8, which Linus Torvalds could find no reason to delay OSes11 Mar 2024 | 28
Windows 10 failing to patch properly? You are most definitely not alone It looks like you're trying to update an operating system. Shall I be spectacularly unhelpful with that? OSes07 Mar 2024 | 41
Venturing beyond the default OS on Raspberry Pi 5 The pros and cons of some other Arm Linux distros for the pocket powerhouse OSes07 Mar 2024 | 54
Year of Linux on the desktop creeps closer as market share rises a little 25% increase in seven months… But it depends how you count it OSes06 Mar 2024 | 173
Supermium drags Google Chrome back in time to Windows XP, Vista, and 7 If you really need obsolete OSes, here's a modern(ish) browser OSes06 Mar 2024 | 47
What a surprise! Apple found a way to deliver browser engine and app store choice We know this because those features just landed in iOS 17.4, along with lots of other goodies OSes06 Mar 2024 | 61
Microsoft drags Windows Subsystem for Android into the trash Amazon Appstore tieup fizzles out, too OSes05 Mar 2024 | 55
Copilot pane as annoying as Clippy may pop up in Windows 11 It's in the Beta Channel build for now... but oh my, you're not going to love this OSes05 Mar 2024 | 71
Updates are plenty but fans are few in Windows 11 land Copilot failed to shift the dial. Could Moment 5 and upcoming invitations do the trick? OSes04 Mar 2024 | 115
The transformative power of a strategically good relationship Beyond expectations - ROI with Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Azure Webinar
Tiny Core Linux 15 stuffs modern computing in a nutshell Updated with kernel 6.6, latest GCC and glibc, still under 25 MB OSes04 Mar 2024 | 43
Linus Torvalds declares Linux 6.8 is probably back on track for a regular release cycle Previously pondered the need for an extra release candidate OSes04 Mar 2024 | 14
HDMI Forum 'blocks AMD open sourcing its 2.1 drivers' Want all-FOSS 120Hz 4K video on Linux, or 5K at 240Hz? Bad news… Personal Tech02 Mar 2024 | 69
How to run an LLM on your PC, not in the cloud, in less than 10 minutes Hands On Cut through the hype, keep your data private, find out what all the fuss is about
TrueNAS CORE 13 is the end of the FreeBSD version Debian-based TrueNAS SCALE is the future primary focus
Filipino police free hundreds of slaves toiling in romance scam operation 875 workers liberated after falling for promises of lucrative work, nine arrested
Yes, I did just crash that critical app. And you should thank me for having done so Who, Me? Quick thinking turned poor judgement into genius proactivity
In the rush to build AI apps, please, please don't leave security behind Feature Supply-chain attacks are definitely possible and could lead to data theft, system hijacking, and more
Microsoft promises Copilot will be a 'moneymaker' in the long term Exec tells investors to 'temper' expectations as mission to convince customers of price tag continues
Infosec teams must be allowed to fail, argues Gartner But failing to recover from incidents is unforgivable because 'adrenalin does not scale'
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with Eye-of-Sauron camera Wherever you go, whatever you do, your phone is watching
The last mile's at risk in our hostile environment. Let’s go the extra mile to fix it Opinion The web doesn’t work ‘cos the vandals used a candle
ChatGPT side-channel attack has easy fix: Token obfuscation Infosec in brief Also: Roblox-themed infostealer on the prowl, telco insider pleads guilty to swapping SIMs, and some crit vulns
KDE Plasma 6.0 brings the same old charm and confusion The big new version of the other desktop, complete with improved HDR and a spinning desktop cube OSes29 Feb 2024 | 46
Lightweight Windows-like desktop LXQt makes leap to Qt 6 with version 2.0 Following in the same direction as the good ship KDE Plasma OSes29 Feb 2024 | 35
FOSS replacement for Partition Magic, Gparted 1.6 is here to save your data But beware – Gparted Live hasn't been updated yet OSes28 Feb 2024 | 45
On-disk format change beckons for brave early adopters of Bcachefs New versions of both Overstreet's baby and OpenZFS will hit the street soon OSes28 Feb 2024 | 10
Microsoft's February Windows 11 security update unravels at 96% for some users Was your Patch Tuesday followed by a Rollback Wednesday? You're not alone OSes27 Feb 2024 | 42
Miracle WM, a new tiling window manager built on Mir Try preliminary version of a new environment in a snap OSes27 Feb 2024 | 20
Musk 'texts' Nadella about Windows 11's demands for a Microsoft account Billionaire worried about AI crawling over his computer OSes26 Feb 2024 | 148
Starting over: Rebooting the OS stack for fun and profit Opinion Making full effective use of new persistent memory means tearing up the rulebook OSes26 Feb 2024 | 175
Microsoft catches the Wi-Fi 7 wave with Windows 11 In with the new, but old Insider bugs remain OSes24 Feb 2024 | 36
A path out of bloat: A Linux built for VMs FOSDEM 2024 What Linux distros could learn from the inventor of the hypervisor OSes23 Feb 2024 | 41
Microsoft extends Copilot in Windows for Insiders Don't want to learn how Windows works? Copilot can help you with that OSes22 Feb 2024 | 4
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, openSUSE to get better installation Fedora, though, won't – until at least the version after next OSes22 Feb 2024 | 37
Windows 11 users herded toward 23H2 via automatic upgrade Machine learning to smooth bumps in the update road OSes21 Feb 2024 | 21
GNOME 46 beta has more tweaks than a coffee shop The future desktop of Ubuntu 24.04 and Fedora 40 is nearly ready OSes21 Feb 2024 | 15
Microsoft veteran on how to blue screen your way to better testing A crash course on making Windows crash on demand Offbeat21 Feb 2024 | 18
The successor to Research Unix was Plan 9 from Bell Labs FOSDEM 2024 A better UNIX than UNIX isn't a UNIX at all OSes21 Feb 2024 | 70
Top five reasons to move from CentOS to RHEL (according to Red Hat) Feeding IBM's bottom line not in the list OSes20 Feb 2024 | 24
Preview edition of Microsoft OS/2 2.0 surfaces on eBay Discounted from $2,600 down to just $650. What a bargain! OSes20 Feb 2024 | 52
Google debuts first Android 15 developer preview without a single mention of AI Expect it to be stable in June, ready for release sometime after July OSes19 Feb 2024 | 10
Forgetting the history of Unix is coding us into a corner FOSDEM 2024 The lessons of yesteryear's OS are getting lost in translation OSes16 Feb 2024 | 163
Microsoft warns Dev Drive daredevils to back up or beware after latest build Rolling back will cause data loss, Windows Insiders told OSes15 Feb 2024 | 6
Moving to Windows 11 is so easy! You just need to buy a PC that supports it! New Start Menu is a 'game changer' claims relentlessly cheerful vid OSes14 Feb 2024 | 186
Damn Small Linux returns after a 12-year gap DSL 2024 is not as svelte as it used to be – but who is? OSes14 Feb 2024 | 69
Crims found and exploited these two Microsoft bugs before Redmond fixed 'em Patch Tuesday SAP, Adobe, Intel, AMD also issue fixes as well as Google for Android Patches14 Feb 2024 | 5
Microsoft might have just pulled support for very old PCs in Windows 11 24H2 Time to look elsewhere for an operating system for that ancient CPU OSes13 Feb 2024 | 121
Closure of Windows 10 upgrade path still catching users by surprise That Windows 7 license is little more than a digital paperweight now OSes09 Feb 2024 | 60
Microsoft embraces its inner penguin as sudo sneaks into Windows 11 Linux users have enjoyed such functionality for decades OSes08 Feb 2024 | 35
HoRNDIS MacGyvers your Mac to get online with Androids FOSS Fest Apple makes this harder every macOS release, but there are ways nonetheless OSes07 Feb 2024 | 24
KDE 6 misses boat to make it into Kubuntu 24.04 'Noble Numbat' users will face a major post-install upgrade, which isn't ideal OSes06 Feb 2024 | 14
Windows 11 24H2 is coming so we can all shut up about Windows 12 for another year References to future update found in Microsoft documentation OSes02 Feb 2024 | 43
Windows 10 users report app gremlins after Microsoft update When Redmond says unsupported, it really means it. Windows 11 fans beware OSes01 Feb 2024 | 95
Crunchbang++ versus Bunsen Labs: The pair turn it up to 12 Lightweight rivals, both based on Crunchbang, OpenBox, and Debian OSes31 Jan 2024 | 29
Microsoft Edge ignores user wishes, slurps tabs from Chrome without permission Updated What goes together better than Redmond and respecting people's preferences? Everything, really OSes30 Jan 2024 | 56
Oracle quietly extends Solaris 11.4 support until 2037 Legacy OS and app holdouts get three more years of paid support, also on versions 10.0 and 11.3 OSes29 Jan 2024 | 67
Microsoft confirms Windows Server 2025 is on the way Plus: It kills off WordPad once and for all OSes29 Jan 2024 | 17
Linus Torvalds flames Google kernel contributor over filesystem suggestion Kernel 6.8-rc2 debuts after very robust discussion about 'inodes' OSes29 Jan 2024 | 138
SparkyLinux harbors a flamboyant array of desktops Both stable and rolling releases, Pi versions, and some very unusual customizations OSes28 Jan 2024 | 60
The Land Before Linux: Let's talk about the Unix desktops Opinion It takes more than open source, it takes open standards and consensus OSes27 Jan 2024 | 110
Microsoft unveils a secret tunnel for Windows Insiders who want out Beta Channel Insiders can return to retail Windows 11 23H2 with click of a toggle OSes26 Jan 2024 | 9
Top Linux distros drop fresh beats PC unsupported in Windows 11? Start 2024 with a new OS OSes25 Jan 2024 | 84
Microsoft admits issues with Windows 10 patch almost 2 months after release Problematic Microsoft Edge package could affect System Preparation Tool OSes24 Jan 2024 | 18
Wanna run Windows on an M-series Mac? Fine, buy a license, but no baremetal Or, you could just rent an expensive Windows VM in the cloud — just a thought, says Redmond OSes22 Jan 2024 | 74
Huawei prepares to split from Android on consumer devices with HarmonyOS Next Touts custom kernel that creams Linux, coming soon for devs and later for punters OSes22 Jan 2024 | 54
What makes a hard error hard? Microsoft vet tells all A peek back at the wobbly Windows of yesteryear OSes19 Jan 2024 | 23
WINE 9.0 improves ability to run 32-bit Windows apps on 64-bit-only xNix Plus fresh release brings native Wayland support on Linux OSes18 Jan 2024 | 29
Could immutability be a Leap too far for openSUSE users? Updated Update on Linux distro's next major version heralds big changes ahead OSes17 Jan 2024 | 42
Microsoft touts migration to Windows 11 as painless, though wallets may disagree Millions have perfectly serviceable PCs running Windows 10 at home OSes17 Jan 2024 | 80
Windows 12 fan fiction shows how Microsoft might ladle AI into the OS Unlikely to be a stop-the-slurpage button, but look at the wallpaper OSes16 Jan 2024 | 28
Asahi Linux team issues promising update on efforts to conquer Apple Silicon Good progress for penguinistas keen on Macs OSes16 Jan 2024 | 13
Point-based solutions for cloud security make way for platform approach How Trend Micro takes AWS security to the next level with an integrated, automated cybersecurity platform Sponsored Post
Microsoft braces for automatic AI takeover with Copilot at Windows startup Experiment is limited to the Insider Dev Channel. For now OSes15 Jan 2024 | 70
KDE 6 hits RC-1 while KDE 5 brings fresh spin on OpenBSD New versions and ports of the Plasma desktop ahoy OSes15 Jan 2024 | 34
Linus Torvalds postpones Linux 6.8 merge window after being taken offline by storms Roads are icy and drivers are dangerous. There will be no Starbucks run. OSes15 Jan 2024 | 17
Microsoft suggests command line fiddling to get faulty Windows 10 update installed Updated Unhelpful error codes, complex fixes ... When did Windows turn into Linux? OSes12 Jan 2024 | 140
Your pacemaker should be running open source software Opinion Using embedded medical technology, such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, or insulin pump? What's running inside is a complete mystery OSes12 Jan 2024 | 53
Not even poor Notepad is safe from Microsoft's AI obsession Power user excavates evidence of experimental 'Cowriter' feature OSes11 Jan 2024 | 71
The Hobbes OS/2 Archive logs off permanently in April Updated Fans of the tech dinosaur have a few months to fill their drives with software OSes10 Jan 2024 | 56
Biggest Linux kernel release ever welcomes bcachefs file system, jettisons Itanium Farewell IA64, hello snapshots and Rusty refinements OSes10 Jan 2024 | 55
Open source's new mission: To boldly go where no software has gone before Opinion FOSS's license to exist depends on helping users. It has to learn to think that way OSes08 Jan 2024 | 61
Microsoft pulls the plug on WordPad, the world's least favorite text editor Throwback word processor ditched from clean installs, soon to be removed on upgrade OSes05 Jan 2024 | 98
Code archaeologist digs up oldest known ancestor of MS-DOS 86-DOS version 0.1-C found and archived – all nine files of it OSes05 Jan 2024 | 45
What if Microsoft had given us Windows XP 2024? Modern life is rubbish. What if your favorite tech giant had stopped trying to reinvent the wheel? OSes04 Jan 2024 | 108
Windows keyboards to get a Copilot key – but how quickly will users jump? Pushing your buttons: Microsoft's AI assistant is going so well that it's going to have its very own spot OSes04 Jan 2024 | 84
Windows boss takes on taskbar turmoil, pledges to 'make Start menu great again' Users aren't the only ones questioning the Windows 11 feature's utility OSes03 Jan 2024 | 131
In surprise move, Gentoo Linux starts offering binaries The most successful compile-it-yourself Linux distro now has compiled, packaged executables OSes03 Jan 2024 | 14
Valve celebrates New Year by blowing off Steam support for Windows 7 and 8 Updates for the 1% of holdouts halt OSes02 Jan 2024 | 20
Windows 11 unable to escape the shadow of Windows 10 December figures give Redmond little reason to cheer ahead of OS changes to meet EU law OSes02 Jan 2024 | 108
War of the workstations: How the lowest bidders shaped today's tech landscape Feature The MIT and New Jersey schools of software design, and how big lies turned into holy truths OSes25 Dec 2023 | 224
Windows 12: Savior of PC makers, or just an apology for Windows 11? Analysis Looking into our crystal ball we can see the end of 2024 will be filled with … AI. So much AI OSes23 Dec 2023 | 199
Asahi's Fedora remix dazzles and baffles on Apple Silicon Take an M1 or M2-powered Mac and turn it into a fast ARM64 PC, if that's what you fancy OSes21 Dec 2023 | 55
Microsoft prescribes command-line surgery for HP Smart app malady Printer names messed up? Debug It Yourself OSes20 Dec 2023 | 15
Microsoft offers rollback for those affected by Windows wireless futility See, it wasn't just you OSes20 Dec 2023 | 21
Debian preps ground to drop 32-bit x86 as separate edition Bad news for several downstream distros, but good news for NetBSD OSes19 Dec 2023 | 22
Doom is 30, and so is Windows NT. How far we haven't come Comment The difference between 1983 and 1993 is vast. Since then, not so much OSes19 Dec 2023 | 264
Microsoft puts the 'why?' in Wi-Fi with latest Windows patch Redmond stuffs IT admin Christmas stockings with network issues OSes18 Dec 2023 | 37
CLIs are simply wizard at character building. Let’s not keep them to ourselves Opinion The magic that defied the iron will of Steve Jobs has a lot more to offer OSes18 Dec 2023 | 176
Linux Kernel of the Beast 6.6.6 exorcised by angelic 6.6.7 update The rapture of the black T-shirt brigade was very short indeed OSes14 Dec 2023 | 40
Linux Mint 21.3 and Zorin 17 are beta buddies Irish software projects gear up for latest iterations OSes12 Dec 2023 | 18
Microsoft floats bringing a text editor back to the CLI We used to use Edlin. And we were happy OSes12 Dec 2023 | 131
Kernel kerfuffle kiboshes Debian 12.3 release A mis-merged patch causing corruption on ext4 volumes is to blame OSes12 Dec 2023 | 29