9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 5th, 2025
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for January 5th, 2025, brings news about Debian 13 installer alpha, KDE Plasma 6.2.5, Nobara 41, PeaZip 10.2, as well as all the latest distro and software updates. The post 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 5th, 2025 appea...
Why Half-Life 3 speculation is reaching a fever pitch again
The more than two decades since Half-Life 2‘s release have been filled with plenty of rumors and hints about Half-Life 3, ranging from the official–ish to the thin to the downright misleading. As we head into 2025, though, we’re approaching somet...
One dog v. the Windows 3.1 graphics stack
I’d like to write a full-fledged blog post about these adventures at some point, but for now I’m going to focus on one particular side quest: getting acceptable video output out of the 1000H when it’s running Windows 3.11 for Workgroups. By defau...
The Mac OS X dock turns 25
James Thomson, developer of, originally, DragThing and now PCalc, also happens to be the developer of the very first publicly shown version of the Mac OS dock. Now that it was shown to the world by Steve Jobs exactly 25 years ago, he reminisces about w...
Bits from the DPL
Dear Debian community, this is bits from DPL for December. Happy New Year 2025! Wishing everyone health, productivity, and a successful Debian release later in this year. Strict ownership of packages I'm glad my last bits sparked discussions about barr...
Apple Vision Pro may now be out of production
Apple’s first-generation Vision Pro headset may have now ceased production, following reports of reduced demand and production cuts earlier in the year. ↫ Hartley Charlton at MacRumors I think we’ll live.
NVIDIA’s RTX 5090 will supposedly have a monstrous 575W TDP
The RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 are receiving their final updates. According to two highly reliable leakers, the RTX 5090 is officially a 575W TDP model, confirming that the new SKU requires significantly more power than its predecessor, the RTX 4090 with TD...
