Linux can now handle Adobe Creative Cloud-era installers thanks to a series of patches built by PhialsBasement, an open-source developer who has fixed longstanding HTML and JavaScript rendering issues, alongside XML parsing errors in Wine. This enables Photoshop 2021 and even 2025 to run on the platform "butter smooth."

A new emulator makes running classic Apple Macintosh 68K software a breeze on a cheap, portable, IoT development kit.

Microsoft has quietly removed ‘find album information’ and ‘update album info online’ tools from the Media Player apps supplied with Windows 11.

Microsoft finally allows administrators to remove the Microsoft Copilot app from managed versions of Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, and EDU. However, you need to have Microsoft 365 Copilot installed, among other conditions.

If you're a Windows 11 hater, sit back and enjoy your biases being validated in the most satisfying way possible. A new speed test shows Microsoft's latest OS performing terribly against the five previous Windows versions, placing last in most tests across the board.

Microsoft has somehow put the cap on yet another way to circumvent its internet-powered setup process, and this time it's on a build that they haven't even supported for a while! Production activation via call is still listed in Microsoft's support docs, but a new YouTube video running Windows 7 shows it now redirects you to the online portal.

Linux's contemporary filesystem mount API has been missing documentation since 2019,

Nostalgia addicts can now get their Unix v4 fix in a browser

The new BitLocker implementation offloads encryption and decryption to dedicated crypto engines on supported SoCs, delivering faster storage performance and reduced CPU usage.

The only known complete copy of Unix v4 has been recovered from a tape found at the University of Utah.

In a recent talk, Meta engineers detailed how they've been deploying a low-latency Linux scheduler originally developed by Valve for the Steam Deck across production servers.

The Windows Server 2025 registry tweak that activates native NVMe support can also be activated in Windows 11, but at your own risk.

A software engineer and E-ink enthusiast recently set up a remote E-ink secondary display, upcycling an old E-ink tablet and setting up an awesome Linux DIY project for all those with the need to read on bespoke screen hardware.

A multitude of AMD GPU owners claim the December security update for Windows 11 has fixed GPU hanging and driver crashing, primarily on RX 9000 series GPUs.

Microsoft says Windows 11 will receive major gaming-focused enhancements in 2026, including broader support for Xbox Full Screen Experience, Auto Super Resolution for handhelds, expanded Advanced Shader Delivery, and more.

If you've been unhappy with the direction Microsoft has taken Windows, offering no meaningful improvements beyond AI and aesthetics, then, well, not much can be done about that. But, at least you can disable all the AI features that seem to have populated every corner of the OS, with a simple script from GitHub.