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Windows won the desktop by being compatible with everything, but that's starting to look like a drawback
Too much of a good thing.…
Why OpenBSD Rocks
Genode OS 26.05 Released, Finishes Moving From GitHub To Codeberg
Genode OS 26.05 is out this week as the latest update for this original open-source operating system framework…
The Virtual OS Museum Lets You Emulate 1700+ Operating Systems From as Far Back as 1948
The history of computing at your fingertips.…
Linus Torvalds announces Linux (1991)
Press Release.…
Windows Everywhere Was a Bust
About ten years ago Ars Technica published a long article titled “OneCore to rule them all: How Windows Everywhere finally happened” chronicling a long and expensive push within Mi…
Google may finally have the right laptop OS, but it picked the messiest possible path to get there
Does Aluminium OS finally have what users want in an operating system?…
California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages
ReactOS Now Running On ARM64 In Experimental Form
ReactOS as the 'open-source Windows' project working to implement binary compatibility for computer programs and drivers for Microsoft Windows now has experimental support for runn…
2 operating systems 1 pc
AlmaLinux 10.2 Released For Latest Community-Driven RHEL 10.2 Experience
The AlmaLinux project announced the releases today of both AlmaLinux OS 9.8 and AlmaLinux OS 10.2.…
You can easily make Zorin OS look any feel like Windows, MacOS, or Linux - here's how
Zorin OS is one of the most popular Linux distributions. One reason is its flexibility, which makes it easy to customize the desktop's look and feel.…
California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages — amendment proposed by the same lawmaker who wrote the original law
California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages — amendment proposed by the same lawmaker who wrote the original law
SteamOS could still be affected…
SSV: Sparse Speculative Verification for Efficient LLM Inference
Speculative decoding and dynamic sparse attention are two complementary approaches for accelerating long-context LLM inference: the former amortizes target-model execution across m…
Rust and the Reinvention of Operating Systems
Why Rust Is Becoming the Backbone of Modern Operating Systems — From Linux to Windows...…
Anybody remember when operating systems upgrades FIXED more issues than they created?
I joyfully reunited with my first Linux distro at the Virtual OS Museum
Feeling nostalgic? From Amiga Unix to XVM/RSX, anyone can run over 570 extinct OSes. Try it now on Linux, MacOS, or Windows.…
A virtual museum runs 570 operating systems in your browser
Andrew Warkentin has spent over twenty years collecting old operating systems and getting them to run. The result is the Virtual OS Museum, a launcher and Linux VM that boots……
Classic 7 is Windows 10 LTSC cosplaying as Windows 7
Uncanny rebuild resurrects the 2009 desktop, complete with support, updates, and licensing questions…
Show HN: MaragingLoop: Autonomous Bare-Metal OS Agent
Autonomous Bare-Metal OS Agent. Contribute to GistNoesis/MaragingLoop development by creating an account on GitHub.…
FreeBSD 15.1 Beta 3 Updates OpenZFS, Ensures Cloud Images Up-To-Date On First Boot
In working toward the stable FreeBSD 15.1 release in early June, FreeBSD 15.1 Beta 3 is out this weekend as the latest weekly test candidate.…
Books about operating systems
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Virtual memory explained as a dialogue between a process and the Linux kernel
From page faults to NUMA topology: how the Linux kernel manages memory, and what that means for the performance of data-intensive systems.…
5 New Android 17 Features That Would Make My Phone Feel Better Instantly
Android's open ecosystem is its superpower, but fragmentation is its kryptonite. As we head into Google I/O, these are the Android 17 upgrades that would help crush my daily frustr…
I thought the Googlebook would be Google’s MacBook moment. It couldn’t be further from it
Googlebook brings Gemini, Android integration, and cross-device workflows together — but the old Chromebook perception problem remains.…
What is Aluminum OS? What we know about Googles Android desktop operating system.
We think we got a small glimpse at Google’s upcoming AI-powered operating system at 'The Android Show.'…