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After 17 years, a developer has finally revived the dream of Hannah Montana Linux, an open source operating system themed around Hannah Montana
By Ted Litchfield Published
news The era of Windows is at an end.

Valve's magical play-Windows-games-on-Linux tech is rebased, updated, and ready to play Resident Evil
By Joshua Wolens Published
News Just like me.

A nasty Windows 11 bug is taking upwards of 500 GB worth of storage, and is surprisingly difficult to spot, but there's a fix
By James Bentley Published
News That's about $100 worth of space in the current memory crisis.

The latest SteamOS beta update includes a performance boost for GPUs with limited VRAM, though devices with iGPUs probably won't see any gains
By Nick Evanson Published
News But if the device is a certain Machine, then this is definitely good news.

Windows 10 gets yet another year of life as Microsoft extends security updates into 2027
By Andy Chalk Published
news Vive la Windows 10!

I spent an entire day with a fan-mod of North Korea's homegrown operating system, and I'm sorry to say it's not a Windows killer yet
By Joshua Wolens Published
Rising Star Not the year of RedStar on the desktop.

Windows 11 Search will soon see through your typos and actually find what you're looking for
By Jess Kinghorn Published
News Dotting the 'i's, crossing the 't's.

Microsoft rolls out Windows Low Latency Profile, giving older PCs a bit more snap when opening the Start Menu and apps
By Nick Evanson Published
News Every little helps, even if it really is very little.

It's only a little thing but with the latest Windows update, Microsoft has dragged its OS into the modern world of sharing audio streams
By Nick Evanson Published
News The checklist for it all to work is a tad convoluted, though.

84% of you rightly practice good desktop icon hygiene, but it turns out 16% of PC Gamer readers are just plain monsters
By Dave James Published
Poll Letting installers and downloads and everything else have free rein over your operating system desktops... how can you live with yourselves?
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