Indian official reveals 'plan' to build a national mobile OS Analysis History tells us it will flop. But success might not be the real goal, so much as poking Big Tech OSes19 Jan 2023 | 31
Founder of FreeDOS recounts the story so far, and the future Retro Tech Week What is dead may never die, and it's all thanks to Jim Hall OSes18 Jan 2023 | 19
Bringing the first native OS for Arm back from the brink Retro Tech Week Steve Revill of RISC OS Open chats to us about taking the project into the future OSes17 Jan 2023 | 40
Unix is dead. Long live Unix! Comment Don't expect to see any more big AIX news. What does that leave us with? OSes17 Jan 2023 | 177
Version 5 of the Endless OS enters testing This may show a future direction for Linux desktops OSes12 Jan 2023 | 77
IBM shifts remaining US-based AIX dev jobs to India – source Around 80 positions moved to another continent, Big Blue stays silent OSes12 Jan 2023 | 36
Haiku beta 4: BeOS rebuild / almost ready for release / A thing of beauty Open source reimplementation could be even better than the original in its prime OSes11 Jan 2023 | 123
New software sells new hardware – but a threat to that symbiosis is coming Comment Complex software packages need ever gruntier specs... and Koomey’s Law awaits OSes11 Jan 2023 | 33
This is the end, Windows 7 and 8 friends: Microsoft drops support this week Time has run out for users of legacy operating systems – will you upgrade or buy a new PC? OSes09 Jan 2023 | 156
Fancy a quick tour of DragonFly BSD 6.4? We buzz around new version of the other-other-other FOSS-xNix-that-isn't-Linux OSes06 Jan 2023 | 40
Corporations start testing Windows 11 in bigger numbers. Good luck Accensure and L'Oreal among biz users, yet general adoption still well behind predecessor OSes05 Jan 2023 | 144
Debian-based siduction gains snapshots, new recovery tools and more Where you want to be for the latest and greatest, but not for the faint of heart OSes05 Jan 2023 | 9
Calculate Linux: It's like Gentoo, but for businesses Russian distro transforms source-based rolling release into stable, versioned product… theoretically OSes04 Jan 2023 | 10
Vanilla OS 22.10: An Arch and Fedora-compatible Ubuntu Despite its name and looks, this is quite the radical departure for a Linux distro OSes03 Jan 2023 | 17
Fancy climbing into ALP over New Year's? Fresh preview versions of SUSE's distro and NetBSD 10 are here Ideal if you're looking for something to play with over the holidays OSes23 Dec 2022 | 8
What's in Santa's sack? New Linux Mint, EndeavourOS and postmarketOS updates A last-minute dose of festive FOSS freshness OSes21 Dec 2022 | 12
SystemRescue 9.06 is here with the shiny new Xfce 4.18 It also boasts MemTest86+ 6, which now can boot and run on UEFI machines OSes20 Dec 2022 | 29
Linux kernel 6.2 promises multiple filesystem improvements Meanwhile the next-gen Linux filesystems are going nowhere fast OSes20 Dec 2022 | 25
openSUSE Tumbleweed team changes its mind about x86-64-v2 Tumbleweed hits some turbulence, but there's no reason to be alarmed… 'By the way, does anyone know how to fly a plane?' OSes16 Dec 2022 | 9
What did Unix fans learn from the end of Unix workstations? Feature The 'good old days' were sometimes ugly, but please let us experience their good bits OSes13 Dec 2022 | 138
NixOS 22.11 'Raccoon': Like a proof of concept you can do things with Another Linux OS – but this time it's all about the software packaging OSes13 Dec 2022 | 15
'Merge window from Hell' opens as Linus Torvalds reveals Linux 6.1 Kernel boss won't consider code that's late, or hasn't already appeared in Linux-next, for version 6.2 OSes11 Dec 2022 | 5
MacOS9.app: A tour de force of emulation and integration Friday FOSS Fest The 'Infinite Mac' is an astonishing demonstration of emulation and integration between some of the best tech of the '90s and the '20s OSes09 Dec 2022 | 15
Linux kernel 6.1: Rusty release could be a game-changer Opinion Don't sob into your battered copy of K&R though, the shift will move slowly OSes09 Dec 2022 | 57
Fresh version of Xfce, the oldest Linux desktop of them all, revealed in Xubuntu builds 4.18 the first update of lightweight, minimalist UNIX gear since 2020 OSes08 Dec 2022 | 24
Desktop OpenSolaris fork OpenIndiana shoots fresh version – Hipster Latest offshoot of Illumos project continues development of FOSS version of Solaris OSes07 Dec 2022 | 10
Fancy some fresh Linux Mint? 21.1 enters beta, should be here by Christmas If you like the flavor of Cinnamon, good news: you'll get a new version OSes05 Dec 2022 | 8
Windows 11 still not winning the OS popularity contest Microsoft releases out of box experience update to simplify and speed up migrations OSes05 Dec 2022 | 155
Linux 6.1 gets an eighth release candidate and Linus Torvalds is OK with that Kernel devs offer emperor penguin early gifts of code for version 6.2 OSes05 Dec 2022 |
openSUSE makes baseline CPU requirements a little friendlier than feared Tumbleweed rolling-release distro to need v2 of x86-64 – and drop x86-32 edition OSes30 Nov 2022 | 20
Redox OS version 0.8 is both strange and very familiar 'Experimental operating system' it may be, but it's still Unix/Linux-like OSes29 Nov 2022 | 41
Fresh versions of Ubuntu Touch, Mir display server, and Unity arrive Make a big FOSS for Ubuntu Touch OTA-24, Mir 2.10, and the return of Unity on Arch Linux OSes29 Nov 2022 | 16
Linus Torvalds to be 'more hard-nosed' as Linux 6.2 merge window meets Christmas Predicts version 6.1 will need an eighth release candidate OSes27 Nov 2022 | 9
Strong support for Snap and Ubuntu Core as Canonical meet IRL Ubuntu Summit Reg FOSS desk chats with one of the core architects OSes09 Nov 2022 | 48
Microsoft tests 'upsells' of its products in Windows 11 sign-out menu Updated Advertising? 'Anything for that sweet sweet KPI' OSes08 Nov 2022 | 94
Nitrux 2.5: The latest update to a radical Linux Also one of the first distros we've seen with Kernel 6.0 OSes03 Nov 2022 | 18
Version 252 of systemd, as expected, locks down the Linux boot process The init system that everybody loves to hate OSes03 Nov 2022 | 170
9front releases new version of Plan 9 OS fork: The Golden Age of Ballooning Prepare to be confused OSes02 Nov 2022 | 12
Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs Statcounter says Number 10 is still Number 1 in the Windows world OSes02 Nov 2022 | 101
Zorin OS 16.2: Shapeshifting desktop to help the Linux-wary feel more at home Pining for Windows XP? Update to the last major release can do that OSes02 Nov 2022 | 17
Linux Lite 6.2: Latest release from distro with a misleading name One of the more popular Ubuntu-based flavors for new migrants from Windows OSes01 Nov 2022 | 22
Linux world gains ability to repair exFAT drives FAT ain't dead, and the modern version can get big. Really big OSes01 Nov 2022 | 38
Apple boosts bug bounties but may not fix some bugs in past operating systems Where's your spirit of Ventura? OSes28 Oct 2022 | 9
Why I love my Chromebook: Reason 1, it's a Linux desktop Column We appreciate power but sometimes it's about getting up and running sooner OSes28 Oct 2022 | 150
KDE 5.26 gets a second point release (yes, already) It's worth it, though. And it's easy to install the latest KDE on the latest Kubuntu OSes27 Oct 2022 | 16
The GNOME Project is closing all its mailing lists Everyone has to join Discourse… although you can still participate via email OSes27 Oct 2022 | 57
Microsoft's Lennart Poettering proposes tightening up Linux boot process Building your own initial RAMdisk? That's insecure! OSes26 Oct 2022 | 187
Teen dream team reboots Rolling Rhino into Rhino Linux Well, these distros are all about continual reinvention, after all OSes26 Oct 2022 | 5
Update time for Ubuntu: Last version of Linux kernel 5.19.17 hits Only just installed? You may need another upgrade all the same OSes25 Oct 2022 |
If you're still on Windows 7/8.1, it's time to say goodbye to Google Chrome Even better, upgrade to Windows 10 at the very least OSes25 Oct 2022 | 61
Microsoft fixes printing gremlin, ends that block on Windows 11 upgrades Bet ya can't wait to slap that 22H2 on your machine OSes25 Oct 2022 | 22
OpenBSD 7.2: The other other FOSS xNix released, runs on Apple M2 Macs Plus better support for some newer Intel wireless and graphics chipsets OSes21 Oct 2022 | 31
India fines Google $162 million for abusing Android monopoly That's a whole six hours of revenue, but requirements to open the Android ecosystem will hit harder OSes21 Oct 2022 | 3
Ubuntu 22.10 is out, with an extra remix in the family: Unity Linux wunderkind's project now an official flavor as 'Kinetic Kudu' brings nine months of updates OSes20 Oct 2022 | 26
The only Windows 10 updates for the year are coming. Spoiler alert: It's just security What did you expect, HoloLens-ready Minesweeper and new skins for Calculator? OSes19 Oct 2022 | 16
FOSS digital audio workstation Ardour reaches version 7 An open source rival to Ableton OSes18 Oct 2022 | 4
Google reveals another experimental operating system: KataOS Based on Rust, on top of seL4 – a big deal in the microkernel world OSes17 Oct 2022 | 25
Linus Torvalds to kernel devs: Grow up and stop pulling all-nighters just before deadline Release candidate one for Linux 6.1 has appeared OSes17 Oct 2022 | 52
Linux kernel 6.1 will contain fixes, features. Useful Rust modules? Not yet But you get a super practical patch that prints CPU, core, and socket when you get a segfault OSes14 Oct 2022 | 10