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An absolute madman has recreated the Windows 8 UI—for Linux
By Wes Fenlon published
News Windows 8? In 2026? These really might be the end times.

GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software… I can't believe it!'
By Joshua Wolens published
News He's just like me, for real.

Linux researcher and developer says 'there are bugs in your kernel right now that won't be found for years. I know because I analyzed 125,183 of them'
By Jacob Fox published
News What's bug's scarier than a spider? That's right, a Linux bug 😱

In a truly galaxy-brained rebrand, Microsoft Office is now the 'Microsoft 365 Copilot app,' but Copilot is also still the name of the AI assistant
By Wes Fenlon published
News Copilot is the app for launching the other apps, but it's also a chatbot inside the apps. Any questions?

I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop
By Joshua Wolens published
/root Now if you don't mind I'm going to delete the root folder and see what happens.

2025 might have been the year for Linux gaming, but there's still a way to go until I switch from Windows
By Jacob Fox published
Reluctantly Microsoft Windows, sadly, still offers some things that Linux cannot.

If you want to scrub Windows 11's AI features off the face of the earth some legend has made a tool that does just that
By Jacob Fox published
News Nuke it from orbit.

Microsoft wants to make Windows 'the best place to game—no matter where you play' but Linux and Valve's SteamOS have other ideas
By Jeremy Laird published
News On the desktop, in your hands, even on an Arm chip, Windows wants to be best.
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