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Someone has made a tool to add achievements to non-Steam games on Linux, which feels like a niche in a niche
By James Bentley published
News How much effort would you put in for some extra achievements?

43% of you have, or will be switching to gaming on Linux this year, but more surprising than that over a quarter of you actually don't mind Windows
By Dave James published
Polls Aww bless, Windows is really not that bad after all is it? But Linux is fun.

Apparently you can't escape Microsoft Outlook issues even in space as Artemis II astronauts ask NASA for help with the software
By Jacob Fox published
News In space, nobody can hear the Windows error sound.

Linux installs jump to over 5% of gamers on the latest Steam Hardware Survey while the RTX 5070 reverts to the norm
By Jeremy Laird published
News Has the Linux revolution finally begun?

Microsoft is building new '100% native' Windows programs to replace memory-hogging web apps
By Jeremy Laird published
News Microsoft shows Windows 11 yet more love.

Linux kernel maintainer says AI has suddenly become useful for devs: 'We can't ignore this stuff. It's coming up, and it's getting better'
By Jacob Fox published
News Though that's primarily for security reports and code reviews at the moment.

Former Windows boss reveals previous plans to reduce Windows 11's memory and storage footprint by 20% and now I'm hoping Microsoft includes that in its new Windows 'quality' drive
By Jeremy Laird published
News Dare we say it, but Microsoft seems to be reading the room.

Microsoft is 'working on' removing the online account login requirement for new Windows 11 installs and also 'reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points'
By Jeremy Laird published
News Microsoft's laundry list for Windows 11 actually looks pretty good.
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