Tag: operating systems

6 months after Windows 10 was put to pasture, over a quarter of Steam users are still on the dying OS

6 months after Windows…

The latest Steam Hardware Survey shows Windows with a commanding 93.47% share of users on the platform, but below…
This historic OS was not stored digitally, so a fleet of historians have transcribed the source code from ancient print-outs in order to make it open source

This historic OS was…

I’m dating myself here, but the operating systems I remember most clearly banging my head against in my youth…
If Microsoft wins this UK court case it might spell the end of second-hand Windows licenses

If Microsoft wins this…

Microsoft and the software reseller ValueLicensing have been going at each other for a while now, but the outcome…
Former MS engineer Dave Plummer admits he accidentally coded Pinball to run ‘at like, 5,000 frames per second’ on Windows NT

Former MS engineer Dave…

I’m not sure why I played so much Pinball on my Windows machine as a child. Nor am I…
Microsoft has blown the dust off the source code for a version of Bill Gates’ first-ever operating system

Microsoft has blown the…

In recent years, software giant Microsoft has been releasing the source code for some of its oldest operating systems…
A Valve developer has just made it easier to run games on Linux with 8 GB cards thanks to a simple fix

A Valve developer has…

Natalie Vock, a Linux developer for Valve, has recently taken to their GitHub with a simple fix allowing rigs…
Microsoft is removing Copilot branding from Photos, Notepad, and more after promising to reduce ‘unnecessary Copilot entry points’

Microsoft is removing Copilot…

If you’ve ever gone to open up some built-in Windows app and wondered why Microsoft has bothered to add…
43% of you have, or will be switching to gaming on Linux this year, but more surprising than that over a quarter of you actually don’t mind Windows

43% of you have,…

Linux is something that has been on our minds, and honestly on our gaming PCs quite extensively over the…
A new report claims Windows 11 update is breaking SSDs and HDDs, but this could just be routine hardware failures

A new report claims…

Is a Windows 11 24H2 update nuking SSDs and HDDs? That’s the startling claim reported by Neowin. Specifically, it’s…
Linux kernel maintainer says AI has suddenly become useful for devs: ‘We can’t ignore this stuff

Linux kernel maintainer says…

AI must have been doing push-ups in the dead of night lately, because a lead Linux kernel maintainer says…