Operating Systems

SpaceX to send American and Russian to the ISS - TWIRL #182
SpaceX is gearing up for a significant mission this Thursday, launching Crew Dragon to the ISS with astronauts and spare suits as part of NASA's commercial crew program. Read more...
2024-09-21 10:28
The final Ara: History Untold Q&A dev diaries are live before the game's launch next week
Oxide Games have posted their final Q&A video dev diaries for its PC grand strategy game Ara: History Untold before its launch on Sept. 24. Read more...
2024-09-21 10:00
Weekend PC Game Deals: Boomer shooters, legacy bundles, publisher sales, and more
This weekend's PC game deals include a bundle full of Adult Swim titles that may get delisted, a double serving of free indies, Diablo IV to try, and plenty of specials to peruse. Read more...
2024-09-21 09:30
Firewire Maintainer Is Looking For Help Testing IEEE-1394 Devices On Linux 6.12
While not as exciting as some of the shiny new features for Linux 6.12 like real-time going mainline and Lunar Lake and Battlemage graphics by default, the Firewire (IEEE-1394) subsystem has seen some significant alterations this cycle. With Firewire h...
2024-09-21 09:17
Phoronix Premium Deal For Oktoberfest 2024
While there sadly the previously-annual Phoronix meet-up at Oktoberfest in Munich remains defunct, in honor of Oktoberfest 2024 kicking off today in Munich, it's time for the annual Phoronix Premium special. With the Oktoberfest sale you can go ad-free...
2024-09-21 08:49
Ubuntu 24.10 Beta launches for testing ahead of October 10 release
The Beta version of Ubuntu 24.10 "Oracular Oriole" is now available for community testing ahead of its full launch next month on October 10. Read more...
2024-09-21 08:46
Microsoft delays plans to install cumulative Windows updates during OOBE on MDM devices
Microsoft has reversed its plans to install cumulative updates during the initial setup for certain Windows PCs. Read more...
2024-09-21 08:30
Surface Pro 10 for Business gets fixes for non-working keyboard and trackpad and more
The Surface Pro 10 for Business has received a big new firmware update with several important fixes. Read more...
2024-09-21 08:16
Microsoft reveals more features that are being added to Copilot for Sales
Microsoft is adding more features to Copilot for Sales. That includes letting sales employees connect to their CRM directly from Teams for the first time. Read more...
2024-09-21 08:00
VFS+XFS Changes Land In Linux 6.12 To Support Block Sizes Larger Than Page Size
Linux 6.12 yesterday merged the real-time "PREEMPT_RT" patches that had been in development for two decades. Today another big hitting feature was merged for Linux 6.12 that's been in development nearly as long...
2024-09-21 06:42
SDL Now Prefers Vulkan Over Direct3D 12 On Windows
The SDL abstraction library commonly used by cross-platform games now prefers using Vulkan on Windows as its ideal graphics API. Direct3D 12 has been demoted lower in priority compared to Vulkan for this Simple DirectMedia Layer...
2024-09-21 06:17
KDE Optimizes How It Finds Mount Points - Up To 80% Speed-Up
KDE developers have been busy preparing for Plasma 6.2 with lots of bug fixing and polishing while also beginning to land some features for Plasma 6.3...
2024-09-21 06:11
Get two TP-Link Deco BE85 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 BE22000 mesh routers for an all new low price
You can get two TP-Link Deco BE85 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 BE22000 mesh routers for an all new low price of $699.99, or $300 off its MSRP. Read more...
2024-09-21 06:00
Oracle's UEK-Next Moves To Linux 6.10, Patches In sched_ext
Oracle has shifted their Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel to a Linux 6.10 base with UEK-next...
2024-09-21 05:29
Frostpunk 2 launches a Day One patch, modding tools and soundtrack
Frostpunk 2 launched on Friday for the PC and with it came a Day One patch along with its modding tools and its official soundtrack. Read more...
2024-09-21 04:26
Apple working to fix iPadOS 18 bug that bricked M4 iPad Pro
As reported earlier this week, a number of users have reported their bricked after installing the iPadOS 18 update – which was released to the public on Monday. After pulling the update for the affected iPad models, Apple is now working on a fix. mor...
2024-09-21 04:07
See Real-Time Power Consumption in Ubuntu’s Top Panel
If you’re looking for a no-fuss way to monitor real-time power consumption on your Ubuntu laptop, a new GNOME Shell extension makes it deliciously easy. “Why would I want to see energy usage?” – anyone asking that question probably ...
2024-09-21 03:21
Show Power Consumption (in Watts) on Ubuntu’s Top Bar
If you’re looking for a no-fuss way to see real-time energy consumption on your Ubuntu laptop as you use it, a new GNOME Shell extension makes this deliciously easy. “Why would I want to see energy usage?” – anyone asking that quest...
2024-09-21 03:21
Show Real-Time Power Usage (in Watts) in Ubuntu’s Top Panel
If you’re looking for a no-fuss way to see real-time energy consumption on your Ubuntu laptop as you use it, a new GNOME Shell extension makes this deliciously easy. “Why would I want to see energy usage?” – anyone asking that quest...
2024-09-21 03:21
See Real-Time Power Usage (in Watts) in Ubuntu’s Top Panel
If you’re looking for a no-fuss way to see real-time energy consumption on your Ubuntu laptop as you use it, a new GNOME Shell extension makes this deliciously easy. “Why would I want to see energy usage?” – anyone asking that quest...
2024-09-21 03:21