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Site provides instructions to get up to $175 back for your pre-installed Windows 11 license
By Mark Tyson Last updated
The Refund4Freedom site was put together by the Italian Linux Society and the Free Software Foundation Europe to help address the unfairness of unwanted OS bundling.

Linux was announced by Linus Torvalds 35 years ago today
By Mark Tyson Published
The development of Linux, a free ‘hobby’ operating system, was announced by Linus Torvalds 35 years ago today.

Windows veteran's vibe-coded Task Manager now also runs on Mac and Linux
By Mark Tyson Published
Legendary Windows developer Dave Plummer has been busy finessing his revamped Task Manager, now dubbed TMOG.

Decades-long Linux ownership dispute effectively dead after Xinuos appeal rejected
By Mark Tyson Published
Xinuos plans to petition for a full‑bench rehearing of its case, but this kind of request has only a 0.03% success rate according to IBM’s lawyers.

Microsoft blames RGB peripherals for crashing Windows 11
By Hassam Nasir Published
The software interferes with core system files.

25 years after the death of 3dfx, the Voodoo 3 gets a Linux driver update
By Zak Killian Published
It's been a quarter-century since the firm folded, but the graphics chips still have utility in esoteric use cases.

Walk through a 3D cyberpunk city built purely from ASCII characters
By Luke James Published
Solo developer Grow Now! Games has put a playable browser build of its walkable ASCII cyberpunk city online, powered by a 283KB Rust WebAssembly engine and rendered in WebGL.

CPU-Z gets biggest update since 2001 with V3 — 100+ health checks, built-in stress testing, and XOC effective clock tracking
By Aaron Klotz Published
CPU-Z V3 introduces an overhauled validation system with over 100 detection points, and a new advanced validation feature that will check PC health with a stress test.
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