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Valve
Valve engineer shocks Linux community with game-changing VRAM hack for 8GB GPUs

By Hassam Nasir Published

No more spilling into system memory.

Linux
Clippy (Clippit)
Clippy, Microsoft’s hapless Office assistant, was retired 25 years ago today

By Mark Tyson Published

Due to rose-tinted retro spectacles, people may have forgotten their frustrations with Clippy.

Windows
Microsoft simplifies Windows Insider program — fewer channels, and switching without wiping your device

By Andrew E. Freedman Published

Microsoft is simplifying the Windows Insider program with fewer channels, making it easier to switch between them and enable the latest features.

Windows
French government says it's ditching Windows for Linux

By Mark Tyson Published

2026 is set to be l’année de Linux.

Windows
macOS has a 49.7-day networking time bomb built in that only a reboot fixes

By Bruno Ferreira Published

The macOS networking stack has a bug that creates a 49.7-day-long countdown to disaster that currently requires a reboot to fix, as discovered by AI service provider Photon.

MacOS
Linux devs start removing support for 37-year-old Intel 486 CPU

By Mark Tyson Published

Linux kernel developers appear to have started to dismantle support for the legendary Intel 486 CPU.

Linux
Enthusiast installs Win 3.1X on bare metal Ryzen 9 9900X and RTX 5060 Ti system

By Mark Tyson Last updated

A retro computing connoisseur has bare-metal installed and booted Microsoft Windows 3.1X on a Ryzen 9 9900X and RTX 5060 Ti PC system.

Windows
Windows 11 logo on blue bloom background.
Microsoft to force updates to Windows 11 25H2 for PCs with older OS versions

By Kunal Khullar Published

Windows 11 24H2 systems are being upgraded to 25H2 automatically, as Microsoft aims to streamline updates before support ends.

Windows
'Every Microsoft engineer got a stopwatch,' says Windows veteran reminiscing about company's past focus on speed

By Mark Tyson Published

A former president of Microsoft’s Windows Division has been reminiscing about the lean and efficient coding regime at Microsoft in the 1980s.

Windows
Ubuntu Linux raises minimum system requirements by 50%

By Mark Tyson Published

The release notes for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS show that Canonical has quietly raised the minimum RAM requirement for its popular Linux-based operating system by 50%.

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