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Microsoft brings Jenny, Aria, and more interface tweaks to new Windows 11 Insider build
Exorcising the ghost of Windows past
28 Jan 21:01 | 3
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New tools to simplify wrapping your head around Kubernetes
Where to begin when you're ready to get your K8s on
28 Jan 15:15 |
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For first time in nearly 17 years, stable Linux kernel version has over 999 commits – but not everyone heard about it
'Script was adding the cc: to msg.000 not msg.0000'
27 Jan 17:13 | 11
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Indian government floats idea of home-grown challenger for Android and iOS
May not be the smartest move seeing as alternative OSes crater – and Google promised to spend billions in India
27 Jan 01:19 | 10
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Windows boss Panos Panay talks up 'new era of the PC' – translation: An era of new PCs
1.4 billion devices running Redmond's OS, Android apps coming, and more
26 Jan 20:21 | 36
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OpenShell has been working on a classic replacement for Windows 11's Start menu
It's still early days, though
26 Jan 13:17 | 48
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Saved by the Bill: What if... Microsoft had killed Windows 95?
Now this looks like a job for me, 'cos we need a little, controversy... 'Cos it feels so NT, without me
25 Jan 11:01 | 88
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Winter Windows Is Coming
Running Windows 10? Microsoft is preparing to fire up the update engines
24 Jan 17:42 | 72
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Desktop-deprived Linus Torvalds releases first release candidate of ‘not huge’ kernel 5.17
Life on the road increases reliance on cloudy tools instead of Emperor Penguin's preferred local tests
24 Jan 01:15 | 5
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First they came for Notepad. Now they're coming for Task Manager
Is nothing safe from the dead hand of the Windows 11 design aesthetic?
20 Jan 12:46 | 153
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Version 7 of WINE is better than ever at running Windows apps where they shouldn't
Improved graphics card, multi-monitor, Direct3D, and 64-bit support
19 Jan 19:10 | 45
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Linux Mint 20.3 appears – now with more Mozilla flavor: Why this distro switched Firefox defaults back to Google
Oh, Snap
12 Jan 10:14 | 83
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BeOS rebuild / Haiku has a new feature / that runs Windows apps
Poetry and WINE – a heady combination
10 Jan 10:47 | 33
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Ubuntu-on-a-phone crowd fix Google account issues in new Touch update
OTA-21 of mobile OS arrives
07 Jan 20:04 | 6
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The inevitability of the Windows 11 UI: New Notepad enters the beta channel
It avoided Aero. Missed Modern. Now the update edges ever closer to release
06 Jan 16:28 | 85
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Google fixes bug that stopped some Pixel phones from making 911 calls
Plus: RIP classic QWERTY BlackBerry phones – they'll no longer work properly
05 Jan 02:45 | 24
Review
It's your Loki day: The Reg takes Elementary OS Jólnir for a quick test drive
Just four months on, 6.1 is Odin with a facelift
21 Dec 16:01 | 27
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Test this new Linux kernel – but don’t forget Christmas or that you have a family, says Linus Torvalds
Confirms version 5.16 will receive an eighth release candidate
20 Dec 00:29 | 22
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And the winning entry for the Jumper of Windows Past is...
It looks like you're going to be isolating over Christmas. Would you like some help with that?
17 Dec 11:31 | 7
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Pop!_OS 21.10: Radical distro shows potential but does not play nicely with others
You can really tell System76 is a hardware vendor
16 Dec 19:02 | 27
Popular
Exclusive
Court papers indicate text messages from HMRC's 60886 number could snoop on Brit taxpayers' locations
Bitter contract dispute revealed HLR lookup capability baked into agreement
HPC
Hardware boffin starts work on simulation of an entire IBM S/360 Model 50 mainframe
With microcode intact so it can talk to an original operator's console
Personal Tech
Imagination GPU cleared for RISC-V CPU compatibility, licensed to chip designers
We love it when a plan comes together
OSes
For first time in nearly 17 years, stable Linux kernel version has over 999 commits – but not everyone heard about it
'Script was adding the cc: to msg.000 not msg.0000'
In brief
US DoD staffer with top-secret clearance stole identities from work systems to apply for loans
Plus: Apple patches exploited-in-the-wild bug, White House zero-trust order, and more
Networks
Toaster-friendly alternative web protocol Gemini attracts criticism for becoming exclusive clique
While creators were stripping away annoying styling, users started to make Geminispace a bunker, says engineer
Science
Something 4,000 light years away emitted strange radio bursts. This is where we talk to scientists for actual info
'This experience has taught me that it's worth trying out looking at the sky in entirely new ways'
Personal Tech
In a first, FTC extracts millions of dollars from online store accused of blocking bad reviews on its website
Glad rags merchandiser denies wrongdoing, says it coughed up $4.2m to 'avoid distraction'
Updated
Instant Ump: HP Inc's subscription ink services hiking prices from next month
Customers in mid-tier band facing up to 50% higher fees... and they're delighted
Security
Intel fails to get Spectre, Meltdown chip flaw class-action super-suit tossed out
Cheesed-off customers have 'alleged enough facts at this stage' to allow legal battle to continue, says judge
STORIES
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What does 2022 have in store for Asahi Linux on Apple chips? Drivers aplenty, but that GPU still needs tackling
Handily, the team spotted a bug in Linux's ARM SMMU support too
16 Dec 14:07 | 8
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When product names go bad: Microsoft's Raymond Chen on the cringe behind WinCE
It isn't just the products that are embarrassing
15 Dec 13:25 | 110
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Don't make an iOS of yourself – Apple's patched its OSes, you know the drill
Cupertino also added a Digital Legacy – special IDs so your loved ones can get your data once you're dead
14 Dec 08:00 | 26
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Don't expect a new cut of Linux to ease your NYE hangovers
Penguinistas will get all the holiday fun of an extra release candidate instead
14 Dec 05:54 | 1
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CentOS Stream 9: Understanding the new Red Hat OS release for non-Red-Hat-type people
El Reg maps the tributaries
10 Dec 23:04 | 58
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Another Debian dust-up with Firefox dependencies – but there is an annoying and awkward workaround
El Reg, as ever, helps you to get back in the game
10 Dec 17:02 | 78
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Helios-NG: An open-source cluster OS that links the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga
Does anyone have the stones to revive this long-forgotten software?
06 Dec 13:46 | 10
Interview
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 | 63
Analysis
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 | 111
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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 | 87
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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 | 27
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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
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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
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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
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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 | 46
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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
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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
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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
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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 | 34
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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
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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
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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
Updated
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 | 197
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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
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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
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Microsoft accidentally bricks Insider HoloLens 2 devices
Red faces all round thanks to premature emission
10 Nov 16:14 | 6
Updated
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
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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 | 44
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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
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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
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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
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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
Exclusive
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
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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
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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
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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
Updated
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
Updated
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
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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
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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
Feature
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
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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
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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
Review
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
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Devuan debuts version 4.0 – as usual without a hint of the hated
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 oddities15 Oct 01:58 | 45
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Japan's antitrust watchdog to probe mobile OSes
All invited to comment about how operating systems have screwed them
08 Oct 06:07 | 4
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Review
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Review
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 | 16
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-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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Interview
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
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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
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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
