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‘Clean-room reimplementation’ of DR-DOS hits early beta, modernizing the operating system 38 years after its debut
By Mark Tyson published
DR DOS version 9.0 is now in beta testing, with Revision 291 recently released and available for anyone to download and test.

Ubuntu 26.04 boosts performance by up to 12% on an RTX 5090 thanks to optimizations with Gnome 50
By Aaron Klotz published
Phoronix tested Ubuntu 26.04 on an RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 and found that the new version performs up to 12% better on the 5090 compared to Ubuntu 25.10.

AI vibe-coded operating system is so bad it can't even run Doom
By Mark Tyson published
A new vibe-coded operating system performed as woefully as expected during a 9-point check process.

Windows 11 continues gaining traction, nears 75% market share
By Jowi Morales published
Windows 11 finally breaks 70% market share, five months after Microsoft ended support for Windows 10.

The Amiga Workbench Simulator helps you pick your ultimate retro desktop
By Mark Tyson published
TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation has been updated with refinements to Workbench 3.2, AmiBench, and more.

California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup
By Luke James published
The law's broad definition of an "operating system provider" pulls in not just Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, but Linux distributions and Valve's SteamOS.

Developer's 1994 Linux desktop recreation runs in your browser as a modern web app
By Ben Stockton published
Dial back to the 1990s with this Debian Linux clone in your browser

Linux 7.0 launches with enablement for Intel Nova Lake, AMD Zen 6
By Aaron Klotz published
Linux 7.0 is everything you would expect from a major kernel update.

Creator of Window's Task Manager shows off 'probably what Task Manager would look like if I were still around'
By Jowi Morales published
Dave Plummer created Tempest AI to play the classic Atari game, but he also built a dashboard which imagines what Task Manager should look like if he were still in charge of it.
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