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Linus Torvalds kicked the Russians out of Linux, now they're creating a sovereign Linux community in Russia
By Mark Tyson published
The Russian Ministry of Digital Development has sprung into action with plans to create its own Linux community.

Super-lightweight operating system boots off a 1.44MB floppy disk
By Christopher Harper published
KolibriOS is an ultra-lightweight floppy disk OS still getting regular updates.

Microsoft again delays Recall feature
By Anton Shilov published
Microsoft says Recall will be available for Windows Insiders in December.

Microsoft will charge Windows 10 users $30 per year for security updates
By Anton Shilov published
Microsoft offers consumers an option to keep using Windows 10 with security updates after support expires: an Extended Security Updates subscription for $30 per year.

Linux's true BSOD equivalent, DRM Panic, is now supported by the current AMD GPUs
By Christopher Harper published
Recent AMD GPUs now support Linux's BSOD equivalent.

How to run CMD or PowerShell as administrator, no right clicks required
By Avram Piltch published
Launch an elevated Command prompt or PowerShell terminal window. You can configure either program to run as admin automatically, so you don't need to right click it.

Linus Torvalds slams supporters of delisted Russian driver maintainers as ‘trolls’
By Mark Tyson published
Linus Torvalds has dismissed those concerned about the recent dismissal of Russian kernel driver maintainers as trolls.

Windows 11 Version 24H2 updates are faster and require less CPU usage
By Hassam Nasir published
Microsoft's Windows 11 24H2 has many underlying optimizations that net users large performance gains when installing future Windows Updates.
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