Apple's chips are the core of a new landscape, but its biggest win is Windows Opinion Walled gardens make more sense when it's an AI-lligator infested swamp outside Personal Tech07 Apr 2026 | 57
Patch to end i486 support hits Linux kernel merge queue After a year of patchwork, maintainers look ready to start retiring 486-class CPUs OSes06 Apr 2026 | 45
Windows asks a networking question on a Stratford billboard Bork!Bork!Bork! Glue and paper wouldn't have cared about discoverability OSes06 Apr 2026 | 21
Microsoft veteran says some 'broken by update' PCs were already doomed Patch Tuesday often gets blamed when a reboot merely exposes damage already done, according to Chen OSes02 Apr 2026 | 97
SystemRescue 13 lands with Linux 6.18 and bcachefs support And other handy tools that could save your data in a crisis OSes02 Apr 2026 | 9
Leaked memo suggests Red Hat's chugging the AI Kool-Aid Exclusive Sounds like an excellent time to start honing your Debian skills OSes31 Mar 2026 | 83
Microsoft reaches for yet another out-of-band patch to deal with latest update issue Weren't these supposed to be 'atypical'? OSes31 Mar 2026 | 13
Ubuntu 26.04 beta arrives packing GNOME 50, which no longer supports Google Drive Yep, you read that right. And there's no official Linux client from Google OSes31 Mar 2026 | 77
Microsoft yanks Windows 11 preview update after install failures KB5079391 pulled after some devices hit errors, adding to recent quality woes OSes30 Mar 2026 | 49
Microsoft tells crusty old kernel drivers to get with the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program Cross-signed code gets the cold shoulder as Redmond tightens trust OSes27 Mar 2026 | 45
AI bug reports went from junk to legit overnight, says Linux kernel czar Interview Greg Kroah-Hartman can't explain the inflection point, but it's not slowing down or going away AI + ML26 Mar 2026 | 49
Windows 95 let installers trash its files then fixed the mess behind their backs I'll just clear up that up, shall I? OSes25 Mar 2026 | 25
Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access Opinion A handful thrive, most scrape by as companies make billions off their code Software25 Mar 2026 | 99
Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field Flatpak may be next, and the lobbying behind it is raising eyebrows OSes24 Mar 2026 | 183
Systemd-free antiX Linux 26: Debian 13, in bonsai form Plus: Still supports 32-bit hardware or VMs OSes24 Mar 2026 | 38
Windows boss promises to heal the operating system's self-inflicted wounds Opinion Sorry seems to be the hardest word at Microsoft OSes24 Mar 2026 | 78
EU broadcasters say smart TVs and voice assistants are the next gatekeepers Open letter warns tech is shaping what audiences see while slipping past regulation Software24 Mar 2026 | 62
Microsoft fixes broken Windows update days after vowing fewer broken updates The era of reliability begins... right after this out-of-band patch OSes23 Mar 2026 | 31
Microsoft: Removing some Copilots will improve Windows 11 'Doze boss admits quality is down, promises smaller memory footprint and fixes for many well-known issues OSes23 Mar 2026 | 90
WSL graphics driver update brings better GPU support for Linux apps Meanwhile, WINE and OpenGL tweaks speed Windows apps on 64-bit hosts OSes20 Mar 2026 | 20
AMD's AI director slams Claude Code for becoming dumber and lazier since last update 'Claude cannot be trusted to perform complex engineering tasks' according to GitHub ticket
The developer who came in from the cold and melted a mainframe Who, Me? It's not just machines that need proper HVAC
Windows asks a networking question on a Stratford billboard Bork!Bork!Bork! Glue and paper wouldn't have cared about discoverability
Patch to end i486 support hits Linux kernel merge queue After a year of patchwork, maintainers look ready to start retiring 486-class CPUs
AI agents found vulns in this popular Linux and Unix print server CUPS server shown spilling out remote code execution and root access
Attackers exploited this critical FortiClient EMS bug as a 0-day CISA added the flaw to KEV after Fortinet confirmed exploitation in the wild
Anthropic closes door on subscription use of OpenClaw The company is having trouble meeting user demand
Anthropic reveals $30bn run rate and plans to use 3.5GW of new Google AI chips Broadcom's building the silicon and is chuffed about that, but also notes Anthropic remains a risk
AI slop got better, so now maintainers have more work Once AI bug reports become plausible, someone still has to verify them
Apple's chips are the core of a new landscape, but its biggest win is Windows Opinion Walled gardens make more sense when it's an AI-lligator infested swamp outside
Microsoft breaks Microsoft account sign-ins in Windows 11 with latest update OneDrive, Office, Teams Free users greeted with phantom 'no internet' errors, restart may help if you're lucky OSes20 Mar 2026 | 89
GNOME 50 debuts with X11 axed, Wayland front and center Most Ubuntu desktop users will be looking at this until at least 2028 OSes19 Mar 2026 | 70
Microsoft publishes a workaround for Samsung's C:\ drive woes Friends and family support techs: get ready for permission changing and batch file creating Applications18 Mar 2026 | 51
Out-of-band getting out of hand as Microsoft pushes hotpatch for Bluetooth Second emergency fix in days targets Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 OSes17 Mar 2026 | 46
Big moves in Linux filesystems as new bcachefs lands and KDE adds support for Apple's APFS Linux still can't mount or read APFS volumes by default ... but that's about to change Storage17 Mar 2026 | 35
Age verification isn't sage verification when it's inside operating systems Opinion Toothbrushes, Turing and the truth give the lie to California’s legal lunacy OSes16 Mar 2026 | 82
Microsoft points at Samsung after Galaxy app bug locks users out of C:\ 'Access denied' errors hit certain Windows 11 machines running vendor utility Applications16 Mar 2026 | 53
RAM is getting expensive, so squeeze the most from it Zram versus zswap – two ways to get a quart into a pint pot Storage13 Mar 2026 | 55
Nanny state discovers Linux, demands it check kids' IDs before booting Opinion Age-verification laws target operating systems because apparently teenagers having root access is now a safeguarding crisis OSes13 Mar 2026 | 248
Smart mirror shows dumb Windows in elevator Bork!Bork!Bork! All aboard the elevator where only Microsoft knows where you're going Offbeat12 Mar 2026 | 33
Microsoft adding Xbox mode to Windows 11 – even the Professional edition Updated Out of the Copilot and into the fire Personal Tech12 Mar 2026 | 24
DR-DOS rises again – rebuilt from scratch, not open source Project claims legal clarity and zero legacy code, but offers binaries only OSes11 Mar 2026 | 68
Hotpatching goes default in Windows Autopatch whether you like it or not Microsoft insists rebootless updates are 'the quickest way to get secure' OSes11 Mar 2026 | 24
Linux PC vendor System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks Don't celebrate yet – more states are considering them OSes10 Mar 2026 | 83
US state laws push age checks into the operating system Bad legislation, but an especially big headache for FOSS OSes06 Mar 2026 | 208
Microsoft finally gets around to fixing Windows 10 Recovery Environment after breaking it in October Released from the curse of the update bork fairy OSes06 Mar 2026 | 10
BunsenLabs Carbon keeps the CrunchBang flame alive with Debian 13 Release lays the groundwork for going Wayland, if that's your sort of thing OSes03 Mar 2026 | 14
Bootleg Windows, Office scheme crashes, triggers 22-month lockup for Florida woman Heidi Richards paid more than $5M for certificate of authenticity labels in five years Software03 Mar 2026 | 74
Motorola partners with GrapheneOS for future phones Don't expect to see compatible hardware before 2027 OSes02 Mar 2026 | 46
Stop macOS 26 nagging with one tiny policy tweak Trick uses a simple configuration profile to convince your Mac that upgrading isn't allowed OSes02 Mar 2026 | 40
Windows 11 tops market share as 10 faces extended farewell More than a fifth of servers still on Windows Server 2016 OSes02 Mar 2026 | 10
Debian 14 will drop Gtk2 – unless Ardour rides to the rescue Many dependent apps, including FreePascal and Lazarus, face the chop OSes26 Feb 2026 | 25
Bcachefs creator insists his custom LLM is female and 'fully conscious' It's not chatbot psychosis, it's 'math and engineering and neuroscience' AI + ML25 Feb 2026 | 209
Gatwick shuttle screen suffers pre-flight nerves Bork!Bork!Bork! Dude, where's my operating system? Offbeat25 Feb 2026 | 17
Rogue devs of sideloaded Android apps beg for freedom from Google’s verification regime 37 groups urge the company to drop ID checks for apps distributed outside Play OSes24 Feb 2026 | 46
GhostBSD to ditch Xorg for XLibre as Red Hat's Wayland crusade leaves X11 fans out in the cold FreeBSD's friendliest desktop distro bets on the controversial fork OSes24 Feb 2026 | 54
Microsoft gives Windows laggards the 'gift of time' wrapped in licensing fees With Server 2016 and other OSes for the chop, security fixes can continue to flow for a price OSes24 Feb 2026 | 51
KDE Plasma 6.6 isn't forcing systemd but the arguments rage on BSD support improves, FreeBSD eyes a desktop option, and the init wars refuse to die OSes24 Feb 2026 | 45
Linus Torvalds: Someone ‘more competent who isn't afraid of numbers past the teens’ will take over Linux one day Emperor Penguin releases kernel 7.0 rc1 with some numerological musings OSes23 Feb 2026 | 62
Windows 11 finally hits right note: MIDI 2.0 support arrives Musical instrument digital interface protocol leaves preview for bright lights of General Availability OSes18 Feb 2026 | 19
Windows 11 Start menu makes unscheduled stop in Saint Moritz Bork!Bork!Bork! Passenger info display takes scenic detour via desktop and pending updates Offbeat18 Feb 2026 | 4
Linus Torvalds and friends tell The Reg how Linux solo act became a global jam session Ts'o, Hohndel and the man himself spill beans on how checks in the mail and GPL made it all possible OSes18 Feb 2026 | 92
Why does the Windows 11 taskbar hurt me like that? Former Windows manager explains design decisions behind it OSes16 Feb 2026 | 73
Price of popularity: Linux Mint's success also means maintainer stress Lots of donations, but lots of pressure to go with it OSes16 Feb 2026 | 68
Contain your Windows apps inside Linux Windows Hands-on Can't live without Adobe? Get on board WinBoat – or WinApps sails a similar course Applications14 Feb 2026 | 76
ʎɹǝʌoɔǝᴚ sʍopuᴉM ʇɐ sǝʇɐuᴉɯɹǝʇ snq sᴉɥ┴ Bork!Bork!Bork! One destination passengers were definitely not hoping to reach Offbeat13 Feb 2026 | 27
The big FOSS vendors don't eat their own dogfood – they pay for proprietary groupware Open Source Policy Summit 2026 That's not a good idea Software12 Feb 2026 | 126
Microsoft rolls out Windows 11 26H1, but you can't have it No known issues, no .NET Framework 3.5, but only for new Snapdragon X2 hardware right now OSes11 Feb 2026 | 14
How Microsoft's legal eagles wrangled Happy Days for Windows 95 Has the OS also jumped the shark? OSes11 Feb 2026 | 45
Notepad's new Markdown powers served with a side of remote code execution Smug faces across all those who opposed the WordPad-ification of Microsoft's humble text editor Security11 Feb 2026 | 75
Microsoft dials up the nagging in Windows, calls it security Updated More prompts when apps and agents roam around a user's system OSes10 Feb 2026 | 57
Azure power hiccup gives Windows admins a rare break from updates West US datacenter incident disrupted Microsoft Store and system patching for several hours OSes09 Feb 2026 | 10
Linus Torvalds keeps his ‘fingers and toes’ rule by decreeing next Linux will be version 7.0 But first, kernel 6.19 is upon us, with many goodies OSes09 Feb 2026 | 59
Summer in Australia means beers, beaches, and bork BORK!BORK!BORK! Supermarket printer error gets holiday off to a shabby start OSes06 Feb 2026 | 11
CentOS is coming to RISC-V soon if you have the kit FOSDEM 2026 The RHELatives are more versatile than you might realize OSes05 Feb 2026 | 13
Microsoft actually does something useful, adds Sysmon to Windows After years of bolting AI onto everything, Redmond remembers admins exist OSes04 Feb 2026 | 25
Sudo maintainer, handling utility for more than 30 years, is looking for support updated Many vital open source resources rely on the devotion of a few individuals OSes03 Feb 2026 | 98
Patch Tuesday meets Groundhog Day as Windows hibernation bug returns Microsoft concedes January's out-of-band fix didn't stop some PCs from rebooting instead of sleeping OSes02 Feb 2026 | 18
Notepad++ update service hijacked in targeted state-linked attack Breach lingered for months before stronger signature checks shut the door Cyber-crime02 Feb 2026 | 59
Microsoft's Sinofsky saw Surface fail coming – then hit up Epstein for advice on exit DOJ files show former Windows chief predicting a public flop before mulling next mission Personal Tech02 Feb 2026 | 32
Microsoft's 'atypical' emergency Windows patches are becoming awfully typical Opinion Administrators sigh: OOBs, they did it again OSes02 Feb 2026 | 48
Systemd daddy quits Microsoft to prove Linux can be trusted Lennart Poettering's Amutable aims to bring 'cryptographically verifiable integrity' to the other OS OSes29 Jan 2026 | 168
Sat Nad declares Windows 11 has a billion users – just don't bother asking for details Terrible start to 2026 offset by optimistic operating system numbers OSes29 Jan 2026 | 41
Old Windows quirks help punch through new admin defenses Google researcher sits on UAC bypass for ages, only for it to become valid with new security feature Security28 Jan 2026 | 12
Succession: Linux kernel community gets continuity plan for post-Linus era Conclave doc outlines path to eternal releases OSes27 Jan 2026 | 29
Crossrail? More like Borkrail... Bork!Bork!Bork! A thoroughly modern piece of public transport infrastructure deserves a thoroughly modern bork Offbeat27 Jan 2026 | 20
KDE Plasma 6.6 beta ships a login manager that won't log in without systemd Bad luck, BSDs – although alternatives still work OSes26 Jan 2026 | 48
Microsoft probes Windows 11 boot failures tied to January security updates Some machines are failing to start after security updates, prompting yet another Microsoft investigation OSes26 Jan 2026 | 27
Microsoft rushes out another fix for cloud storage after January update 2026 is shaping up to be a bumper year for patch management Storage26 Jan 2026 | 2
Emmabuntüs DE 6: A newbie-friendly Linux to help those in need A distro aimed at helping people, reducing e-waste – and helping a charity, too OSes25 Jan 2026 | 38
Surrender as a service: Microsoft unlocks BitLocker for feds updated If you're serious about encryption, keep control of your encryption keys Security23 Jan 2026 | 77
China’s Deepin Linux gets a slick desktop - and, yes, built-in AI Hands On Where FOSS desktop OSes meet geopolitics OSes23 Jan 2026 | 61
Tech support detective solved PC crime by looking in the carpark On Call Overnight action made for a sticky situation in the candy factory Personal Tech23 Jan 2026 | 80
PowerShell architect retires after decades at the prompt After Microsoft, Google, and a long fight for automation, Jeffrey Snover hangs up his keyboard OSes22 Jan 2026 | 51
Notepad will now tell you all the ways Microsoft has enshittified it Veteran text editor gets more AI enhancements while Paint will be able to generate coloring books OSes22 Jan 2026 | 65
Debian's FreedomBox Blend promises an easier home cloud Hands On There are other home server, NAS, and media-streaming distros, but this aspires to much more OSes22 Jan 2026 | 43
Microsoft admits Outlook might freeze when saving files to OneDrive January update is the gift that keeps on giving Storage21 Jan 2026 | 44
MX Linux 25.1 brings back switchable init systems Dislike systemd but occasionally need it for something? MX can help OSes21 Jan 2026 | 17
Mozilla starts offering RPMs of Firefox Nightly More packaging options for the leading all-FOSS browser OSes20 Jan 2026 | 11
Windows 11, not AI, kick-started the PC upgrade cycle Corporate IT refreshed hardware to stay supported, not chase new features Personal Tech20 Jan 2026 | 14
Microsoft veteran explains the one weird trick that made Windows 95 restart faster Hold down Shift to make the magic happen (or not, as the case might be) OSes20 Jan 2026 | 20
Manchester ATM ups PIN requirement to full Windows login Bork!Bork!Bork! Definitely Maybe running Windows 7? Offbeat20 Jan 2026 | 27
Windows 11 shutdown bug forces Microsoft into out-of-band damage control Ships emergency update to fix a Patch Tuesday misfire that prevented systems from switching off OSes19 Jan 2026 | 48
Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch Microsoft claims it's a Secure Launch bug Patches16 Jan 2026 | 113
Windows Backup adds second-chance restore at sign-in First sign-in restore aims to cut rebuilds when users skip setup options OSes16 Jan 2026 | 11
Ready for a newbie-friendly Linux? Mint team officially releases v 22.3, 'Zena' Newer kernel, newer Cinnamon, new tools, and even new icons OSes16 Jan 2026 | 76
Windows App forgets how to log in with first security update of the year January patch trips up Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 authentication OSes15 Jan 2026 | 26
Wine 11 runs Windows apps in Linux and macOS better than ever Transparently runs 16, 32, and 64-bit Windows apps, but still doesn't use the Microsoft store. OSes15 Jan 2026 | 123
Microsoft's 'From SA' scheme on trial as license resale row refuses to die ValueLicensing case rumbles on as Windows giant appeals against copyright judgment Software15 Jan 2026 | 2