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Why your external monitor looks awful on Arm-based Macs, the open source fix – and the guy who wrote it

Q&A with the developer of BetterDummy: from macOS secrets to his motivations

03 Dec 19:36 | 32

NixOS and the changing face of Linux operating systems

As with packaging systems, lightweight efficient approaches look set to lose out

03 Dec 11:25 | 87

Microsoft makes tweaks to Windows 11 Start Menu for Insiders but stops short of mimicking Windows 10

If it's not broke, don't f- ... never mind

02 Dec 20:05 | 74

Microsoft: What's that? A patch for make-me-admin vuln? Sorry – can't hear you. Have a new jumper instead

Redmond fiddles with Paint while Windows burns

01 Dec 17:12 | 26

Five data centers, 150TB images downloaded weekly, 1m+ cores – Now, that’s a storage challenge

Find out exactly how Workday and Red Hat cracked it

Patching Windows Server without needing to reboot is a handy feature – but it's only available on Azure

Trampolines and Retpoline: Applying patches at the function level

23 Nov 11:01 | 15

AWS commits to update its own Linux every other year

Starting with a release called Amazon Linux 2022 that just hit preview

23 Nov 05:53 | 7

Microsoft quietly delivers Windows 11 Enterprise VMs for devs

Loaded with all the goodies coders need to run wild with new OS, and packaged for four hypervisors

23 Nov 04:01 | 9

Just because you can do it doesn't mean you should: Install Linux on NTFS – on the same partition as Windows

Never mind the practicality, feel the grief

22 Nov 13:29 | 45

Intel audio drivers give Windows 11 the blues and Microsoft Installer borked following security update

Known issues list continues to grow

19 Nov 19:45 | 35

Survey shows XP lingers on while Windows 11 makes a 0.21% ripple in the enterprise

Lansweeper stats make grim reading for Microsoft

17 Nov 14:01 | 44

Microsoft slows Windows 10 release cadence to yearly. If they're all as dull as the November Update, this is fine

Intros x64 emulation for Windows on Arm – but only on Windows 11

17 Nov 01:31 | 45

Is your Apple Mac running macOS Monterey leaking memory? It may be due to mouse cursor customization

Sleuthing leads to suspected RAM-gobbling culprit

17 Nov 00:17 | 33

Alma and Rocky Linux release 8.5 builds, Rocky catches up with secure boot

CentOS 8.5 also available ... but with only 6 weeks before end of life

16 Nov 19:20 | 7

Linus Torvalds releases Linux 5.16 rc1 with new performance-enhancing memory tech

Emperor Penguin rates Memory Folios tech – source of that performance bump – as most important new feature in 'not huge' release

15 Nov 00:48 | 7

Huawei hands its cloud Linux to China's only open source foundation

OpenEuler now an Open Atom Foundation project, China Telecom has released a cut, tech minister loves the idea

12 Nov 02:58 | 4

FYI: If the latest Windows 11 really wants to use Edge, it will use Edge no matter what

The days of redirecting microsoft-edge: links to a non-Microsoft browser are over

11 Nov 21:38 | 196

Red Hat 8.5 released with SQL Server and .NET 6 ... this is Linux, right?

Containerised Podman and OpenJDK 17 also highlights of minor release

11 Nov 15:34 | 19

Windows 10 2004 is nearing the end of the road. Time for a Windows 11 upgrade?

Surface Go users need not apply

10 Nov 18:45 | 36

Microsoft accidentally bricks Insider HoloLens 2 devices

Red faces all round thanks to premature emission

10 Nov 16:14 | 6

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Leaked footage shows British F-35B falling off HMS Queen Elizabeth and pilot's death-defying ejection

Parachute snagged on ship's bows

It's 2021 and someone's written a new Windows 3.x mouse driver. Why now?

For those of you who virtualise Microsoft’s finest and struggle with the pointer, this developer has an answer

Why your external monitor looks awful on Arm-based Macs, the open source fix – and the guy who wrote it

Q&A with the developer of BetterDummy: from macOS secrets to his motivations

You loved running JavaScript in your web browser. Now, get ready for Python scripting

All thanks to CPython, WebAssembly, and some clever developers (And yes, there's Pyodide, too)

NixOS and the changing face of Linux operating systems

As with packaging systems, lightweight efficient approaches look set to lose out

When civilisation ends, a Xenix box will be running a long-forgotten job somewhere

'Keep it running a few weeks.' Fast-forward 5 years. 'Why'd it break, man!?'

Warning: China planning to swipe a bunch of data soon, so quantum computers can decrypt it later

Meanwhile, the Middle Kingdom’s military plans an AI offensive – in the labs and on the field of combat

Australia will force social networks to identify trolls, so they can be sued for defamation

At the same time, will overrule court decision that traditional publishers are liable for comments on social media

Feds charge two men with claiming ownership of others' songs to steal YouTube royalty payments

Alleged scheme said to have netted $20m since 2017

You've seen the Raspberry Pi CM4 in a mini-ITX case. Now here's four in a mini-ITX case

How to coordinate 16 Arms

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As System76 starts work on its own Linux desktop world, GNOME guy opens blog, engages flame mode

PC and server slinger 'a case study on how not to collaborate with upstream'

10 Nov 14:00 | 59

Microsoft touts Windows 11 SE: A locked-down OS to give Chromebooks a run for their money in schools

Oh OK, so the kids get a repairable Surface laptop but not us, huh?

10 Nov 01:04 | 43

Felt Qt (might delete later)*: Two non-Gtk Linux desktops have put out new versions

TDE releases 14.0.11 and LXQt hits 1.0

09 Nov 18:45 | 23

Bullseye! Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS scores an update with 'less closed-source proprietary code'

Finding the hardware hard to come by? The software is just a download away

08 Nov 17:16 | 21

Linux PC shop System76 is building a new desktop environment in Rust

'There are things we'd like to do that we can't simply achieve through extensions in GNOME'

08 Nov 14:45 | 31

Microsoft issues patch to Insiders to undo carnage caused by expired digital certificate in Windows 11

Beta and Release Preview Channels receive a fix while Dev gets Windows Subsystem for Android

05 Nov 15:15 | 6

Red Hat forced to hire cheaper, less senior engineers amid budget freeze

Email tells bosses to down-level open positions to control costs

05 Nov 00:57 | 61

Expired cert breaks Windows 11 snipping tool, emoji panel, S Mode features, other stuff

And we're talking about shipped code, not some Insider beta, here

04 Nov 20:00 | 64

CentOS Stream^W^W Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 emerges in beta form

We're on a highway to RHEL

04 Nov 06:14 | 20

Fedora 35 is out: GNOME 41 desktop, polished UI, easier-to-install closed-source apps

Plus: Why the distro isn't in the Microsoft Store for WSL

02 Nov 22:33 | 19

Apple's macOS Monterey upgrades some people's laptops to doorstops

Reports of bricked computers suggest it may be worth waiting for better-behaving code

01 Nov 20:36 | 65

Linux kernel 5.15 released with new NTFS driver plus an LTS sticker slapped on it

Also SMB3 server in the kernel, and new DAMON memory monitor

01 Nov 14:31 | 10

A Windows 11 tsunami? No, more of a ripple as Microsoft's latest OS hits 5% PC market

Next version of Windows 10 looms around the corner

28 Oct 16:31 | 101

Ex-org? Not at all! Three and a half years after X.Org Server 1.20, 1.21 is released

All thanks to Touchpad funding and a new maintainer – but X vs Wayland still a dilemma for community

28 Oct 12:30 | 43

Windows XP@20: From the killer of ME to banging out patches for yet another vulnerability

When NT and 9x became one

25 Oct 16:24 | 58

Microsoft emits more Win 11 fixes for AMD speed issues and death by PowerShell bug

Names November as the month for Win 10 H2 update – then reveals major new feature won’t arrive on time

22 Oct 02:05 | 33

Microsoft admits to yet more printing problems in Windows as back-at-the-office folks asked for admin credentials

Saving the forests by making printing even harder

18 Oct 13:00 | 45

Ubuntu 21.10: Plan to do yourself an Indri? Here's what's inside... including a bit of GNOME schooling

Plus: Rounded corners make GNOME 40 look like Windows 11

18 Oct 10:45 | 17

Devuan debuts version 4.0 – as usual without a hint of the hated `systemd`

Three init systems offered – natch – plus lots of desktop love, and a warning of some exim oddities

15 Oct 01:58 | 45

Ubuntu 21.10 brings GNOME 40 debut and a focus on devs

Also: Why Canonical thinks Ubuntu GUI on Windows 11 matters

14 Oct 17:03 | 27

Bad news, AMD fans: This week's Windows 11 update didn't fix your performance woes (they may be worse)

A new patch next week might

14 Oct 13:45 | 26

Microsoft slices Windows 11 update size by 40% (no, not by cutting hardware support)

Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to reverse this delta

13 Oct 12:51 | 26

Microsoft turns Windows Subsystem for Linux into an app for Windows

WSL will still be baked in if you want it – but Redmond wants you to get it from the Store

12 Oct 07:15 | 82

Japan's antitrust watchdog to probe mobile OSes

All invited to comment about how operating systems have screwed them

08 Oct 06:07 | 4

Reason 3,995 to hold off on that Windows 11 upgrade: Iffy performance on AMD silicon

It's not as if gamers care about that sort of stuff

07 Oct 12:03 | 80

Gartner's Windows 11 adoption advice: Explore but don't rush

Analyst firm says new OS doesn't offer much to biz, so doesn't warrant rapid upgrade

07 Oct 06:01 | 40

Want to check out Windows 11 but don't want to buy a new PC? Here's how to bypass the hardware requirements

Microsoft does not recommend this

06 Oct 12:08 | 100

Bork!Bork!Bork!

A most uncivil display in New York's Civil Court

I fought the bork and the bork won

06 Oct 08:35 | 8

Windows 11 in detail: Incremental upgrade spoilt by onerous system requirements and usability mis-steps

Not quite business as usual for Microsoft

05 Oct 17:00 | 183

Microsoft's problem child, Windows 11, is here. Will you run it? Can you run it? Do you even WANT to run it?

Hardware compatibility, testing fury... though under the hood there are things to like

05 Oct 12:44 | 219

Got enterprise workstations and hope to run Windows 11? Survey says: You lose. Over half the gear's not fit for it

30 million Windows devices in 60k orgs studied

30 Sep 13:13 | 121

With just over two weeks to go, Microsoft punts Windows 11 to Release Preview

What's that coming over the hill? Is it new hardware? Is it new hardware?

24 Sep 15:33 | 40

CutefishOS: Unix-y development model? Check. macOS aesthetic? Check (if you like that sort of thing)

Also a range of homegrown apps. Still in beta, so plenty of rough edges, though

24 Sep 10:01 | 68

GNOME 41: Slick with heaps of new features for users and devs – but annoyances remain

It'll take time for desktop environment to make its way into Linux distros anyway

23 Sep 17:30 | 27

Ubuntu-on-a-phone folks UBports emit OTA-19, warn some devices face the chop in future

This could very well be the last release based on 16.04

22 Sep 15:17 | 2

Canonical gives administrators the chance to drag their feet a bit more on Ubuntu upgrades

Two more years! Two more years!

21 Sep 17:42 | 12

This is your final warning to re-certify, Red Hat tells tardy sysadmins

No more pandemic-inspired extensions to exam dates or certs, warns Linux-slinging giant

21 Sep 07:55 | 26

Kali Linux 2021.3 released with new tools

Most users better off with rolling release, but quarterly build has more quality testing

20 Sep 14:31 | 6

A low-key good experience for Thor-oughly new penguins: Elementary OS 6, aka Odin

Flatpak-only app store, two-finger swiping for screen-fondlers... but it's not for the fiddlers

20 Sep 08:30 | 15

-Werror pain persists as Linus Torvalds issues Linux 5.15rc2

And celebrates Linux's 'true anniversary' – 30 years since upload of version 0.01

20 Sep 02:58 | 14

Microsoft does and doesn't require VMs to meet hardware requirements for Windows 11

Either way, it's bad news for VirtualBox – it's stopped working

17 Sep 21:03 | 87

Linus Torvalds admits to 'self-inflicted damage' with -Werror as Linux 5.15 rc1 debuts

'One of the messier merge windows' means the new stuff might sneak in next week

13 Sep 02:09 | 72

Microsoft releases new Windows 11 builds, confirms running on an Apple M1 'is not a supported scenario'

Old proverb: If Windows crashes on a Surface Pro X, will anyone see the bugcheck?

10 Sep 17:32 | 27

Google’s made-for-India cut of Android and the one phone that runs it delayed by chip shortages, testing

Devices were supposed to arrive Friday, November is new target

10 Sep 00:11 | 3

Don't like the new Windows 11 Start or Taskbar? Don't worry – Microsoft's got your back

Insiders, they don't like it. Bork the Taskbar, bork the Taskbar

03 Sep 17:06 | 51

Windows 11 will roll out from October 5 as Microsoft hypes new hardware

Staged updates mean potential wait till 2022 – particularly for those looking forward to Android app support

31 Aug 16:26 | 100

SCO v. IBM settlement deal is done, but zombie case shuffles on elsewhere

Ancient 'Who owns Unix?' case puts a $14.25M price tag on making some claims go away

30 Aug 05:58 | 77

When you finish celebrating Linux turning 30, try new Linux 5.14, says Linus Torvalds

'We have another 30 years to look forward to,' says Emperor Penguin – and less to worry about as Spectre-proofing code arrives

30 Aug 00:11 | 21

Microsoft does and doesn't want you to know it won't stop you manually installing Windows 11 on older PCs

Hardware requirements loophole left in

27 Aug 20:25 | 91

Start or Please Stop? Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'

'People wanted a cleaner and simpler Start' said Microsoft, but not everyone's happy

26 Aug 15:28 | 187

30 years of Linux: OS was successful because of how it was licensed, says Red Hat

Now Google reckons security isn't good enough, and Android is proprietary

25 Aug 11:19 | 94

Happy birthday, Linux: From a bedroom project to billions of devices in 30 years

Greg Kroah-Hartman talks to El Reg about world domination, what was, and what may be for the kernel

25 Aug 07:24 | 129

No place like GNOME: 41 in beta, features frozen for forthcoming release

Also: After over 10 years, last stable release of GNOME 3.x

24 Aug 20:13 | 15

Linux 5.14 had plenty of commits, work has gone smoothly – and it should debut next week

Linus Torvalds also has fun medical advice about not whacking yourself with sharp objects

23 Aug 06:15 | 19

Asahi Linux progress: Apple Silicon OS works – though it's 'rough around the edges' and has no GUI acceleration

Fascinating project but will it ever be practical?

18 Aug 09:28 | 30

CentOS replacement AlmaLinux free on Azure, Microsoft to provide global network of mirrors

Those other AlmaLinux offerings with 'software plans'? Not affiliated, says community leader

17 Aug 19:45 | 5

In Search of Lost Time: GNU Grep 3.7 released with fix for 'extreme performance degradation'

Most searches were fine, but certain test cases now take 'seconds, not days'

16 Aug 12:21 | 30

Debian 11 formally debuts and hits the Bullseye

11,294 packages added, 9,519 removed, and five years of support starting … now!

16 Aug 02:56 | 47

Microsoft fiddles with Fluent while the long dark Nightmare of the Print Spooler continues for Windows

New Windows 11 toys, fresh new CVE pops out

13 Aug 14:31 | 25

Elementary OS 6 Odin released on a 'pay what you want' basis

Principled Linux distro with curated apps, but spartan install may flummox newbies

12 Aug 11:29 | 43

Apple settles lawsuit against Corellium as iOS platform dictatorship looks more precarious

Challenge to VMs abandoned amid legal and regulatory threats

11 Aug 20:46 | 2

Zorin OS 16 Pro arrives complete with optional 'Windows 11' desktop

Focus on ease of use, and company founder notes extended hardware life and freedom from vendor lock-in

10 Aug 16:38 | 35

WireGuard VPN gets native port to the Windows kernel

'This project is a big deal to me' says protocol's creator

03 Aug 15:09 | 10

Redpilled Microsoft does away with flashing icons on taskbar as Windows 11 hits Beta

Also: Why new OS looks this way, and easier install for Linux subsystem

02 Aug 16:04 | 100

Are you a 1%er? Windows 11 turns up in the usage figures

Shrinking survey could signify decline of UWP

28 Jul 20:30 | 22

IBM's z/OS update for mainframes about to land – on last day of predicted launch window

Version 2.5 adds lots of love for hybrid cloud, Linux containers, and even a COBOL/Java combo

28 Jul 03:28 | 7

Thinking about upgrading to Debian Bullseye? Watch out for changes in Exim and anything using Python 2.x

v11 set for mid-August release

26 Jul 12:55 | 32

Windows 11 comes bearing THAAS, Trojan Horse as a service

You may know it better as Teams. Giddy up

26 Jul 09:15 | 123

Bug of the week

Google fixes 'Chromebork' one-character code typo that prevented Chrome OS logins

Programming blunder is the second such snafu this month

23 Jul 20:49 | 32

Latest Windows 11 Preview a well-rounded update – literally

What else is round? Oh yes, holes

23 Jul 18:17 | 15

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 | 158

Windows 11 gets chatty as Teams integration turns up

There is no escaping Microsoft's messaging platform

21 Jul 13:44 | 35

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 | 31

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 | 186

Windows 10 to hang on for five more years with 21H2 update

Lots of time for legacy users

16 Jul 20:05 | 72

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

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

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 | 29

Windows 11 still doesn't understand our complex lives – and it hurts

Linux user dips toe in Microsoft OS

12 Jul 08:30 | 154

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

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