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Microsoft now recommends 32GB of RAM as the future-proof 'no worries' config for gaming
32 GB is no longer being considered as overkill.
45 years later, earliest DOS source code transcribed from a stack of old printouts found in a garage
Microsoft continues to make some of the earliest chapters of its operating system history open-source and freely available. Here's 86-DOS 1.00, released on its 45th anniversary, for example.
PS5 Linux loader goes public, turning ‘Phat’ consoles into full Linux PCs
Only PS5 Phat consoles on older firmware 3.00, 3.10, 3.20, 3.21, 4.00, 4.02, 4.03, 4.50, or 4.51 are supported.
Ubuntu's AI roadmap revealed, universal AI 'kill switch' and forced AI integration are not part of the plan
AI is coming to Ubuntu
Linux kernel's ‘second-in-command’ uses local AI bot to hunt bugs, powered by 'clanker' system with AMD's Ryzen AI Max+
Greg Kroah-Hartman posted a photo to Mastodon this weekend showing the hardware behind his AI-assisted bug-finding tool.
Microsoft will allow users to indefinitely pause updates in Windows 11
No more automatic restarts during important meetings or gaming sessions
Get Linux on your ancient 486 Windows 95 desktop using WSL9x
WSL9x enables users to run the most modern Linux kernels in Microsoft OSes as old as Windows 95.
Linux may be ending support for numerous ancient network drivers
The change would cut around 27,000 lines of legacy code
