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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.

Gnome gets Nvidia performance boost, offering 'smoother window animations and general desktop fluidity' for Linux gamers
By James Bentley published
News That will hopefully continue to bridge the gap.

Resistance to operating system age checks coming from *checks notes* open source calculator and an OS that may just exclude Californians altogether
By Jacob Ridley published
News Open source operating systems are wrestling with how to comply with age-checking bills.

Rufus developers have been blocked from downloading Windows ISOs, and believe there to be 'active intentional involvement from Microsoft'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Microsoft has yet to comment on the issue.

Microsoft lawyers had to consult with representatives of The Fonz to get a Weezer music video on the Windows 95 install CD
By Jess Kinghorn published
News AYYY!

One for the sickos: Linux shell 'revives' Windows 8's infamous tile-based Metro look
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Block by boring block.

Latest Windows 11 build will start to address 'unexpected' app behaviour in Xbox Full Screen Experience on PC
By Jess Kinghorn published
News But it's not yet picture perfect.

The shift key trick to quickly restart Windows 95 wasn't a placebo, it was a neat little system to avoid a full PC reboot
By Nick Evanson published
News One of Microsoft's veteran software engineers explains the full 'secret sauce'.
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