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(DIR) Post #AxZWbXkkPCU11MhYcS by osnews@mstdn.social
2025-08-26T14:40:40Z
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The size of Adobe Reader installers through the yearsThe following chart shows how the Adobe Reader installer has grown in size over the years. When possible, 64-bit versions of installers were used.↫ Alexander GromnitskyDisk space is cheap, sure, but this is insanity.https://www.osnews.com/story/143180/the-size-of-adobe-reader-installers-through-the-years/#ClownCar
(DIR) Post #Axh58qMsyMwqrKJIJM by osnews@mstdn.social
2025-08-29T22:22:11Z
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It turns out Nokia’s legendary font makes for a great general user interface fontIf you're of a certain age (and not American), there's a specific corporate font you're most likely aware of. You may not know its exact name, and you may not actively remember it, but once you see it, you know exactly what you're looking at. The font's called Nokia Sans (anhttps://www.osnews.com/story/143222/it-turns-out-nokias-legendary-font-makes-for-a-great-general-user-interface-font/#OSNews
(DIR) Post #AxnwjD2ebvb87lpel6 by osnews@mstdn.social
2025-09-02T11:39:35Z
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You no longer need JavaScriptMy goal with this article is to share my perspectives on the web, as well as introduce many aspects of modern HTML/CSS you may not be familiar with. I’m not trying to make you give up JavaScript, I’m just trying to show you everything that’s possible, leaving it up to you to pick what works best for whatever you’re working on.I think there’s a lot most web developers don’t khttps://www.osnews.com/story/143246/you-no-longer-need-javascript/#Web20
(DIR) Post #AyLT82eO8Mri7Jtisa by osnews@mstdn.social
2025-09-18T21:53:26Z
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Dark patterns killed my wife’s Windows 11 installationLast night, my wife looks up from her computer, troubled. She tells me she can't log into her computer running Windows 11, as every time she enters the PIN code to her account, the login screen throws up a cryptic error: "Your credentials could not be verified". She's using the correct PIN code, so that surely isn't it. We opthttps://www.osnews.com/story/143376/dark-patterns-killed-my-wifes-windows-11-installation/#Windows
(DIR) Post #AyeG3XQNUQkm7sjUh6 by osnews@mstdn.social
2025-09-27T23:53:39Z
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Installing Linux on a PC-98 machineWhat if you have a PC-98 machine, and you want to run Linux on it, as you do? I mean, CP/M, OS/2, or Windows (2000 and older) might not cut it for you, after all. Well, it turns out that yes, you can run Linux on PC-98 hardware, and thanks to a bunch of work by Nina Kalinina - yes, the same person from a few days ago - there's now more information gathered in a singlhttps://www.osnews.com/story/143438/installing-linux-on-a-pc-98-machine/#Linux
(DIR) Post #Ayg7DdkGKkvxM0hBuS by osnews@mstdn.social
2025-09-27T21:23:48Z
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UNIX99: UNIX for the TI-99/4AI’ve been working on developing an operating system for the TI-99 for the last 18 months or so. I didn’t intend this—my original plan was to develop enough of the standard C libraries to help with writing cartridge-based and EA5 programs. But that trek led me quickly towards developing an OS. As Unix is by far my preferred OS, this OS is an approximation. Developing an OS within thttps://www.osnews.com/story/143436/unix99-unix-for-the-ti-99-4a/#Unix
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2025-09-29T20:17:09Z
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Google’s Android developer registration requirement will kill F-DroidThe consequences of Google requiring developer certification to install Android applications, even outside of Google's own Play Store, are starting to reverberate. F-Droid, probably the single most popular non-Google application repository for Android, has made it very clear that Google's upcominghttps://www.osnews.com/story/143450/googles-android-developer-registration-requirement-will-kill-f-droid/#Android
(DIR) Post #B0CtStGARk3bM2vAES by osnews@mstdn.social
2025-11-13T15:28:28Z
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Google cancels plans to require Android application certification outside of the Play StoreOnly a few months ago, Google announced it was going to require that all Android applications - even those installed outside of the Play Store - had to be verified. This led to a massive backlash, and it seems our protests and complaints have had effect: https://www.osnews.com/story/143786/google-cancels-plans-to-require-android-application-certification-outside-of-the-play-store/#Android
(DIR) Post #B0JdQDvufpMB84AhqC by osnews@mstdn.social
2025-11-16T14:20:54Z
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Living my best Sun Microsystems ecosystem life in 2025In my lifetime, there's been one ecosystem I deeply regret having missed out on: the Sun Microsystems ecosystem of the late 2000s. At that time, the company offered a variety of products that, when used together, formed a comprehensive ecosystem that was a fascinating, albeit expensive alternative to Microsoft and Apple. Whttps://www.osnews.com/story/143570/living-my-best-sun-microsystems-ecosystem-life-in-2025/#OracleAndSUN
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2025-12-11T19:53:03Z
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Using “AI” to manage your Fedora system seems like a really bad ideaIBM owns Red Hat which in turn runs Fedora, the popular desktop Linux distribution. Sadly, shit rolls downhill, so we're starting to see some worrying signs that Fedora is going to be used a means to push "AI". Case in point, this article in the Fedora Magazine:Generative AI systems are chahttps://www.osnews.com/story/144006/using-ai-to-manage-your-fedora-system-seems-like-a-really-bad-idea/#FedoraCore
(DIR) Post #B1JJ7k3gzBgTIXyOA4 by osnews@mstdn.social
2025-12-16T15:21:44Z
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QuillOS: Alpine-based Linux distribution optimised for Kobo e-readersAny computing device will inevitably get a custom operating system - whether based on an existing operating system or something entirely custom - and of course, Kobo e-readers are no exception. QuillOS is an Alpine Linux-based distribution specifically developed for the unique challenges of e-readershttps://www.osnews.com/story/144023/quillos-alpine-based-linux-distribution-optimised-for-kobo-e-readers/#Mobile
(DIR) Post #B1LzfYLNdFTBCbyGlk by osnews@mstdn.social
2025-12-17T21:36:09Z
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Computers should not act like human beingsMark Weiser has written a really interesting article about just how desirable new computing environments, like VR, "AI" agents, and so on, really are. On the top of "AI" agents, he writes:Take intelligent agents. The idea, as near as I can tell, is that the ideal computer should be like a human being, only more obedient. Anything so insidiously aphttps://www.osnews.com/story/144033/computers-should-not-act-like-human-beings/#OSNews
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2025-12-22T14:47:19Z
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Amifuse: native Amiga filesystems on macOS and Linux with FUSEMount Amiga filesystem images on macOS/Linux using native AmigaOS filesystem handlers via FUSE.amifuse runs actual Amiga filesystem drivers (like PFS3) through m68k CPU emulation, allowing you to read Amiga hard disk images without relying on reverse-engineered implementations.↫ Amifuse GitHub pageAbsohttps://www.osnews.com/story/144054/amifuse-native-amiga-filesystems-on-macos-and-linux-with-fuse/#AmigaAROS
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2025-12-31T22:09:40Z
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HP-UX hits end-of-life today, and I’m sadIt's 31 December 2025 today, the last day of the year, but it also happens to mark the end of support for the last and final version of one of my favourite operating systems: HP-UX. Today is the day HPE puts the final nail in the coffin of their long-running UNIX operating system, marking the end of another vestige of the heyday of the commercial UNIX varihttps://www.osnews.com/story/144094/hp-ux-hits-end-of-life-today-and-im-sad/#Unix
(DIR) Post #B1qhvVNaug6Lpryao4 by osnews@mstdn.social
2026-01-01T16:40:09Z
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Haiku gets accelerated NVIDIA graphics driverThe new year isn't even a day old, and Haiku developer X512 dropped something major in Haiku users' laps: the first alpha version of an accelerated NVIDIA graphics drivers for Haiku. Supporting at least NVIDIA Turing and Ampere GPUs, it's very much in alpha state, but does allow for proper GPU acceleration, with the code surely making its way to Hhttps://www.osnews.com/story/144097/haiku-gets-accelerated-nvidia-graphics-driver/#Haiku
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2025-12-25T10:42:43Z
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Wayback 0.3 releasedWayback, the tool that will allow you to run a legacy X11 desktop environment on top of Wayland, released a new version just before the Christmas. Wayback 0.3 overhauls its custom command line option parser to allow for more X.org options to be supported, and its manual pages have been cleaned up. Other fixes merely include fixing some small typos and similar small changes. Wayback is now also https://www.osnews.com/story/144066/wayback-0-3-released/#Wayland
(DIR) Post #B2DvHzBtCbc1kzwh7Y by osnews@mstdn.social
2026-01-11T22:02:53Z
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Windows Explorer likely to get Copilot “AI” sidebarWe all knew this was going to happen, so let's just get it over with.Microsoft is testing a new feature that integrates Copilot into the File Explorer, but it’s not going to be another ‘Ask Copilot’ button in the right-click menu. This time, Copilot will live inside File Explorer, likely in a sidebar or Details/Preview-pane-lihttps://www.osnews.com/story/144163/windows-explorer-likely-to-get-copilot-ai-sidebar/#Windows
(DIR) Post #B2Fojovod2hmgSflMu by osnews@mstdn.social
2026-01-13T21:00:55Z
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Can you turn Windows 95’s Windows 3.10-based pre-install environment into a full desktop without using Microsoft products?It's no secret that the Windows 95 installer uses a heavily stripped-down Windows 3.10 runtime, but what can you actually do with it? How far can you take this runtime? Can it run Photoshop?https://www.osnews.com/story/144180/can-you-turn-windows-95s-windows-3-10-based-pre-install-environment-into-a-full-desktop-without-using-microsoft-products/#Windows
(DIR) Post #B2TuUGpaAoLcFliNf6 by osnews@mstdn.social
2026-01-20T16:06:18Z
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“Light mode” should be “grey mode”Have you noticed how it seems like how the "light mode" of your graphical user interface of choice is getting lighter over time? It turns out you're not crazy, and at least for macOS, light mode has indeed been getting lighter.You can clearly see that the brightness of the UI has been steadily increasing for the last 16 years. The upper line is the default https://www.osnews.com/story/144226/light-mode-should-be-grey-mode/#Graphics
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2026-02-03T21:47:18Z
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Rust in the NetBSD kernel seems unlikelyRust is everywhere, and it's no surprise it's also made its way into the lowest levels of certain operating systems and kernels, so it shouldn't be surprising that various operating system developers have to field questions and inquiries about Rust. NetBSD developer Benny Siegert wrote a blog post about this very subject, and in it, details why it's unlikehttps://www.osnews.com/story/144326/rust-in-the-netbsd-kernel-seems-unlikely/#NetBSD