Experimental Mir-based tiling WM is winning acceptance outside Ubuntopia Miracle-WM takes several more steps forward OSes04 Jul 2024 | 6
FreeDOS and FreeBSD prove old code never dies, just gets nifty updates Anniversary time and both are going strong into their 30s OSes02 Jul 2024 | 50
Apple crippled watchOS to corner heart-tracking market, doctors say Normally it's the iGiant's prices that give the ol' ticker a hard time Personal Tech28 Jun 2024 | 13
Microsoft yanks Windows 11 update after boot loop blunder Tour of recovery options not supposed to be part of KB5039302 OSes27 Jun 2024 | 34
SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 to receive support right up to end of Unix epoch And there's a special offer on the CentOS-compatible Liberty Linux OSes26 Jun 2024 | 10
Apple tells emulator developers it's OK with retro games – not entire OSes Updated We sure hope this won't upset European regulators given how great their relationship is with Apple right now OSes26 Jun 2024 | 21
Andrew Tanenbaum honored for pioneering MINIX, the OS hiding in a lot of computers Software System Award recognises his contributions to education OSes25 Jun 2024 | 49
Linux geeks cheer as Arm wrestles x86 AlmaLinux and upstream kernel support for Raspberry Pi 5, plus a forthcoming high-performance Arm64 Tuxedo laptop OSes24 Jun 2024 | 23
It's desktop refresh season in the land of the Windowsalikes Those with curious disposition spoilt for choice as KDE 6.1, Cinnamon 6.2, and IceWM 3.5 all arrive OSes24 Jun 2024 | 22
Apple Intelligence won't be available in Europe because Tim's terrified of watchdogs These privacy rules might harm privacy! No, really, that's totally why we're doing this AI + ML21 Jun 2024 | 65
Valkey gains momentum with broadening band of backers AlmaLinux and Broadcom added to list of partners for open source Redis fork OSes19 Jun 2024 |
Microsoft admits to problems upgrading Windows 11 Pro to Enterprise Recent patches have broken the update path OSes19 Jun 2024 | 12
GPU-accelerated VMs on Proxmox, XCP-ng? Here's what you need to know Hands on Go ahead, toss that old gaming card in your box and boost your AI applications — you know you want to AI + ML19 Jun 2024 | 14
That PowerShell 'fix' for your root cert 'problem' is a malware loader in disguise Control-C, Control-V, Enter ... Hell Research19 Jun 2024 | 18
CentOS 7 holdouts thrown a support lifeline by SUSE Liberty Linux Lite to keep the updates coming for a few more years ... for a fee OSes18 Jun 2024 | 12
Ada and Zangemann: Fancy reading your kids a book about FOSS? Devconf.cz It's not every tech conference that has story-reading sessions… but maybe they should OSes18 Jun 2024 | 10
Arm security defense shattered by speculative execution 95% of the time 'TikTag' security folks find anti-exploit mechanism rather fragile Research18 Jun 2024 | 27
Microsoft resumes rollout of Windows 11 24H2 to Insiders Everything is fine, despite Recall setting fire to the house that Gates built OSes17 Jun 2024 | 15
VMware license changes mean bare metal can make a comeback through 'devirtualization', says Gartner Latest datacenter Hype Cycle also includes augmented reality, new types of memory, nuke power
Ransomware scum who hit Indonesian government apologizes, hands over encryption key Brain Cipher was never getting the $8 million it demanded anyway
Switzerland to end 2024 with an analog FM broadcast-killing bang Time to upgrade that receiver if you're one of the few Swiss that still don't have one able to receive DAB+ signals
Kernel tweaks improve Raspberry Pi performance, efficiency There's a lot of room for improvement in modern computing, from the low end to the very high
UN telecom watchdog wags finger at Russia for satellite interference European neighbors say interference comes from Moscow and Kaliningrad, Kremlin claims it didn't find anything
Microsoft Stores all close their doors in China Slump in Surface sales suspected as one reason for move online
Japan's digital minister declares victory against floppy disks The war on the relic is finally won. Now on to fax machines?
Traeger security bugs bad news for grillers with neighborly beef Never risk it when it comes to brisket – make sure those updates are applied
RIP: WordPerfect co-founder Bruce Bastian dies at 76 Obit Tributes paid to passionate LGBTQ+ equality champion
Microsoft answered Congress' questions on security. Now the White House needs to act Feature Business as usual needs a real change Public Sector15 Jun 2024 | 44
Microsoft cancels universal Recall release in favor of Windows Insider preview Wider release coming real soon – promise – after the Windows faithful give it a thrashing OSes14 Jun 2024 | 52
Google borrows from Android to make ChromeOS better 'Large portions' of droid tech stack going into laptop OS plumbing OSes12 Jun 2024 | 7
At Apple, AI stands for 'Apple Intelligence' – and it's coming to everything WWDC Cupertino promises private smarts, on-device or in the cloud AI + ML10 Jun 2024 | 53
Microsoft pulls Windows 11 24H2 from Insider Release Preview Channel Recall controversies, performance problems, apps freezing as some call it 'disastrous' OSes10 Jun 2024 | 58
Disenchanted Windows user? Pop open a fresh can of Linux Lite Version 7.0 has landed – the Ubuntu Noble based one OSes10 Jun 2024 | 78
Defiant Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial Recall – tho as an opt-in Windows maker acknowledges 'clear signal' from everyone, then mostly ignores it OSes07 Jun 2024 | 82
Microsoft updates accessibility feature Voice Access to auto-restart How do you say something's crash-prone without saying it's crash-prone ... OSes07 Jun 2024 | 6
Real-time and Core editions of Ubuntu arrive And it's time to upgrade any Mantic Minotaurs you have lying around OSes07 Jun 2024 | 7
Lansweeper finds a lot of CentOS Linux out there Network scan reveals 26 percent of Linux boxes are CentOS 7, EOL later this month. What happens next? OSes06 Jun 2024 | 42
Microsoft Research chief scientist has no issue with Windows Recall As tool emerges to probe OS feature's SQLite-based store of user activities OSes06 Jun 2024 | 114
Microsoft revives Windows 10 Beta Channel even though OS doesn't have long left Windows Insiders set to get first hands on feature updates OSes05 Jun 2024 | 13
Windows 11 and Linux gain ground among Steam gamers Windows 10 still king of the hill for now OSes04 Jun 2024 | 14
Analysts join the call for Microsoft to recall Recall 'Does any of this add real value for users or enterprises?' OSes04 Jun 2024 | 55
Windows 11 tries to escape Windows 10's shadow with AI muscle Edge cements its number two position for desktop browsers OSes04 Jun 2024 | 62
Court accepts Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim's insider trading settlement Billionaire Arista chief architect to pay inconsequential sum via SEC Networks03 Jun 2024 | 7
Windows 11's Recall feature is on by default on Copilot+ PCs Disabling the AI snapshotter requires a trip into Settings for ordinary users OSes03 Jun 2024 | 43
Windows Subsystem for Linux gets enterprise friendly and plans a settings interface Scared of editing a config file? There'll soon be a GUI for that OSes31 May 2024 | 26
Endless OS 6: How desktop Linux may look, one day An extra-robust, novice-friendly distro, with local apps, that's not ChromeOS OSes31 May 2024 | 75
Windows 11 24H2 might call time on that old NAS under the stairs Avoidance of evil intent means required SMB signing and no more guest fallback OSes30 May 2024 | 76
Red Hat Enterprise Linux and AlmaLinux 8.10 released as end of the RHEL 8 line looms Some derivatives haven't got there yet, but it's time to get a move on... OSes29 May 2024 | 8
Fancy climbing the peaks of Alpine Linux? 3.20 is out Tiny, powerful, uncluttered: not easy, but a lot to like OSes29 May 2024 | 14
Not even Chromebooks can escape AI PC craze: Google to inject Plus laptops with LLM juice New models will come with a year of Gemini Advanced, too Personal Tech28 May 2024 | 5
Microsoft's Recall preview doesn't need a Copilot+ PC to run Just because you could doesn't mean you should OSes28 May 2024 | 55
Was there no one at Microsoft who looked at Recall and said: This really, really sucks Kettle Our vultures weigh in on the week that was more 'what we Built' than 'what you can Build' OSes25 May 2024 | 75
Ubuntu 24.04 upgrades available – to Mantic users Enjoy some Noble Numbat novelty now – but excluding GNOME 46.1 OSes24 May 2024 | 15
Microsoft fixes the fix for the Windows Server 2019 NTLM problem Installation problems with non-English language systems resolved OSes24 May 2024 | 10
Manjaro 24 is Arch Linux for the rest of us Because not everyone has time to be a tech guru OSes24 May 2024 | 42
Here's yet more ransomware using BitLocker against Microsoft's own users Updated ShrinkLocker throws steel and vaccine makers into the hurt locker Malware Month23 May 2024 | 4
Microsoft gives Windows admins a break and MFA a hard push Updates now optional, but Azure security is not Software23 May 2024 | 5
VBScript nudged nearer to the grave with next big Windows 11 update The writing's on the wall for veteran scripting language OSes23 May 2024 | 30
GNU Compiler Collection 15 ushers Xeon Phi and Solaris 11.3 to silicon heaven Remember Intel's 'Larrabee' many-core Pentium-based GPU? GCC doesn't OSes23 May 2024 | 5
In Debian, APT 3 gains features – but KeepassXC loses them 'Sid' is looking a little sickly of late, but it will pass OSes22 May 2024 | 27
MX Linux updates Libretto, belts out 23.3, based on Debian 12.5 Includes a Raspberry Pi version, which works well on the Pi 5 OSes21 May 2024 | 10
Long-term supported distros' kernel policies are all wrong Comment Or so says CIQ, which coincidentally has issues obtaining RHEL's kernel sources OSes21 May 2024 | 36
Put Rescuezilla 2.5 on a bootable key – before you need it Sort of a FOSS Norton Ghost, now updated to Ubuntu 24.04 base OSes16 May 2024 | 25
With Asmi 24.04, Ubuntu's never looked so snappy (without the Snaps) Distro formerly known as Zinc cuts the fat, rather than just replacing it OSes15 May 2024 | 28
Google, Apple gear to raise tracking tag stalker alarm After years of people being victimized, it's about time Personal Tech14 May 2024 | 28
Nix forked, but over politics instead of progress Comment Aux.computer fragments the community – but doesn't fix the technological objections OSes14 May 2024 | 43
Brit publishers beg Apple not to hurt online ad revenue Breaking news, perhaps literally: AI content blocking tool in Safari for iOS Personal Tech14 May 2024 | 38
Linux 6.9 arrives, plus Torvalds indicates Arm64 will get a bit more love And the windows are opened to 6.10 in September or so OSes13 May 2024 | 20
The end is nigh for Windows 10 21H2 Time for 22H2, the LTSC version, or perhaps something completely different? OSes13 May 2024 | 21
Fedora Asahi Remix 40 served on Apple Silicon First big update of the go-to Linux for newer Macs OSes10 May 2024 | 16
Experimental remix finally brings the former Unity 8 back to Ubuntu Ubuntu Unity 24.04 arrives along with new little sibling, Ubuntu Lomiri OSes09 May 2024 | 14
Windows Insiders to fly solo while Copilot rollout frozen Perhaps just make sure the stuff that is already there works properly? OSes07 May 2024 | 15
First 9front release of the year is called DO NOT INSTALL Possibly its most helpful codename yet OSes07 May 2024 | 18
Has Windows 11 really lost marketshare to Windows 10? Users continue to give Microsoft's latest and greatest a wide berth OSes06 May 2024 | 115
RHEL stays fresh with 9.4 while CentOS 7 gets a Rocky retirement plan Meanwhile, Alma Linux gets into supercomputers OSes03 May 2024 | 17
Windows users left to fend for themselves after BitLocker patch bungle Need a bigger partition for the update? You'll be manually resizing it then OSes03 May 2024 | 70
Dozens of vulnerabilities fixed in Xiaomi, Google Android flavors … slowly Oversecure details bugs spotted and stamped since private disclosure OSes02 May 2024 | 2
Got an old Raspberry Pi spare? Try RISC OS. It is, literally, something else V5.30 arrives – with RPi Wi-Fi support OSes02 May 2024 | 93
Microsoft confesses April Windows update breaks some VPN connections Connection failures reported following installation OSes01 May 2024 | 39
Xubuntu 24.04: A minimal install that does what it says on the tin This nearly Snap-free Ubuntu remix may be about about to win friends and influence people OSes30 Apr 2024 | 14
Google blocked 2.3M apps from Play Store last year for breaking the G law Third of a million developer accounts kiboshed, too OSes29 Apr 2024 | 6
Apple's pleas ineffective: iPadOS on EU's gatekeeper list iFought the law, but the law wasn't particularly interested in my line of reasoning OSes29 Apr 2024 | 6
Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 40, EndeavourOS, and TrueNAS 24.04 all arrive at once FOSS round-up Sometimes Linux releases are like buses… frequently clustered together, and rarely as reliable as you might ideally want OSes29 Apr 2024 | 15
Now all Windows 11 users are getting adverts to 'make the Start menu great again' And you thought the Bing begging was annoying OSes24 Apr 2024 | 106
Microsoft really does not want Windows 11 running on ancient PCs Even tighter requirements, so it's time to put old hardware out to pasture... or find an alternative OS OSes23 Apr 2024 | 255
Huawei wants to take homegrown HarmonyOS phone platform worldwide Chinese tech juggernaut eyes global expansion despite US tech restrictions OSes22 Apr 2024 | 35
Tiny11 Builder trims Windows 11 fat with PowerShell script The Reg accepts no responsibility for borked installations OSes22 Apr 2024 | 9
Fedora 40 is just around the corner with more spins and flavors than ever KDE edition has the most conspicuous changes, and could become future flagship OSes22 Apr 2024 | 4
Copilot auto-launch bug now takes flight in multiple Windows Insider channels Clippy 2024 is something else OSes22 Apr 2024 | 11
Rarest, strangest, form of Windows saved techie from moment of security madness Who, Me? For once, Redmond's finest saved the day – by being rubbish in unexpectedly useful ways Security22 Apr 2024 | 93
Lightweight LXQt 2.0.0 updates to same toolkit as KDE Plasma 6 4-letter survivor's move to Qt 6 means that, love it or hate it, Wayland is looming OSes20 Apr 2024 | 18
Qt Ubuntu 24.04 betas show that there's room to innovate Hot on the heels of Ubuntu Noble beta come the betas of the Qt-based remixes, with some interesting differences OSes19 Apr 2024 | 38
Debian spices up APT package manager with a dash of color, squishes ancient bug 2.9 gives a taste of what's to come OSes18 Apr 2024 | 39
AlmaLinux 9.4 beta prepares to tread where RHEL dares not CIQ also has an alternative approach to compatible kernels with RockyLinux OSes17 Apr 2024 | 6
NetBSD 10 proves old tech can still kick apps and take names three decades later FOSDEM 2024 Proper old-school Unix, not like those lazy, decadent Linux types OSes17 Apr 2024 | 40
Gentoo Linux tells AI-generated code contributions to fork off A good PR move opines community member OSes16 Apr 2024 | 22
Torvalds intentionally complicates his use of indentation in Linux Kconfig Paramount penguin forces more robust whitespace handling OSes16 Apr 2024 | 90
Microsoft lifts years-old compatibility hold for Windows 11 It probably wasn't only sound driver problems that kept users away OSes15 Apr 2024 | 13
Microsoft to use Windows 11 Start menu as a billboard with app ads for Insiders This wasn't what most had in mind when Redmond promised to make the feature 'great again' OSes15 Apr 2024 | 111
After delay due to xz, Ubuntu 24.04 'Noble Numbat' belatedly hits beta Kernel 6.8, GNOME 46, and more apps in Snap packages OSes15 Apr 2024 | 30
MIT breakthrough means there's no material too weird for 3D printing Thanks to sensors and math, machines can 'learn' to adapt to new mediums OSes15 Apr 2024 | 18
OpenBSD 7.5 locks down with improved disk encryption support and syscall limitations The most secure Unix-like OS to date? OSes12 Apr 2024 | 51
PumpkinOS carves out a FOSS PalmOS-compatible runtime environment And rePalm may yet bring real PalmOS to new hardware … even the Raspberry Pi OSes11 Apr 2024 | 13
It's 2024 and Intel silicon is still haunted by data-spilling Spectre Go, go InSpectre Gadget Research10 Apr 2024 | 23
A cheeky intern nearly turned MS-DOS into NSFW-DOS Easter egg in test build could have scrambled Microsoft's reputation OSes08 Apr 2024 | 48
Windows 95 support chap skipped a step and sent user into Micro-hell Who, Me? Every byte, and executable, counted when trying to fix Redmond's finest OSes08 Apr 2024 | 79
Want to keep Windows 10 secure? This is how much Microsoft will charge you Updated Hint: It will keep going up OSes03 Apr 2024 | 106