The OSNews 2024 fundraiser: support OSNews to keep it alive
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View ArticleNew Raspberry Pi OS switches everyone over to Wayland
The slow rise of Wayland hasn’t really been slow anymore for years now, and today another major part of the Linux ecosystem is making the jump from X to Wayland. So we made the decision to switch. For...
View ArticleImproving Xwayland window resizing
Speaking of Wayland, one of the most important parts of the transition is Xwayland, which makes sure legacy X applications not yet capable of running under a modern graphics stack can continue to...
View ArticleAustralia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone
The standard trope when talking about timezones is to rattle off falsehoods programmers believe about them. These lists are only somewhat enlightening – it’s really hard to figure out what truth is...
View ArticleMicrosoft isn’t secretly installing Recall on your Windows PC
There’s been more controversy regarding Microsoft’s Recall feature for Windows, with people supposedly discovering Recall was being secretly installed on Windows 11 24H2. Furthermore, trying to remove...
View ArticleGNOME and KDE working on end user-focused “official” Linux distributions, not...
It seems the GNOME team is getting quite serious about turning GNOME OS into an end-user focused Linux distribution, similar to a project KDE is working on. GNOME OS is GNOME’s development, testing,...
View ArticleTorvalds thinks “AI” is 90% marketing, and Google claims 25% of its code is...
Torvalds said that the current state of AI technology is 90 percent marketing and 10 percent factual reality. The developer, who won Finland’s Millennium Technology Prize for the creation of the Linux...
View ArticleMicrosoft just delayed Recall again
Another day, another Windows Recall problem. Microsoft is delaying the feature yet again, this time from October to December. “We are committed to delivering a secure and trusted experience with...
View ArticleSculpt OS 24.10 released with multi-monitor support
Genode’s rapid development carries on apace. Whilst Genode itself is a so-called OS Framework – the computing version of a rolling chassis that can accept various engines (microkernels) and coachwork...
View ArticleGoogle confirms Android 16 is coming earlier than usual, developer preview...
In a major shift of its release cycle, Google has revealed that Android 16 will be released in Q2 of 2025, confirming my report from late last month. Android 16 is the name of the next major release...
View ArticleBug or intentional? macOS 15.1 completely removes ability to launch unsigned...
Many MacOS users are probably used by now to the annoyance that comes with unsigned applications, as they require a few extra steps to launch them. This feature is called Gatekeeper and checks for an...
View ArticleOSNews fundraising goal reached in less than a week
It’s been less than a week, and late Friday night we reached the fundraiser goal of €2500 (it sat at 102% when I closed it) on Ko-Fi! I’m incredibly grateful for each and every donation, big or small,...
View ArticleFrom Proxmox to FreeBSD: story of a migration
It’s the start of the work week, so for the IT administrators among us, I have another great article by friend of the website, Stefano Marinelli. This article covers migrating a Proxmox-based setup to...
View ArticleMoving a game project from C to the Odin language
Some months ago, I got really fed up with C. Like, I don’t hate C. Hating programming languages is silly. But it was way too much effort to do simple things like lists/hashmaps and other simple data...
View ArticleWindows Server 2025 released
Microsoft has confirmed the general availability of Windows Server 2025, which, as a long-term servicing channel (LTSC) release, will be supported for almost ten years. This article describes some of...
View ArticleRedox runs on RISC-V, boots to GUI login on Raspberry Pi 4
Another month lies behind us, so another monthly update from Redox is upon us. The biggest piece of news this time is undoubtedly that Redox now runs on RISC-V – a major achievement. Andrey Turkin has...
View ArticleNetBSD: the portable, lightweight, and robust UNIX-like operating system
NetBSD is an open-source, Unix-like operating system known for its portability, lightweight design, and robustness across a wide array of hardware platforms. Initially released in 1993, NetBSD was one...
View ArticleWindows Server IoT 2025 released
Today, Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Server IoT 2025. This new release includes several improvements, including advanced multilayer security, hybrid cloud agility, AI,...
View ArticleNotepad gets “AI”
Nothing is sacred. With this update, we are introducing the ability to rewrite content in Notepad with the help of generative AI. You can rephrase sentences, adjust the tone, and modify the length of...
View ArticleiPod fans evade Apple’s DRM to preserve 54 lost clickwheel-era games
Old-school Apple fans probably remember a time, just before the iPhone became a massive gaming platform in its own right, when Apple released a wide range of games designed for late-model clickwheel...
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