Valve engineer Natalie Vlock's Linux VRAM optimization shows real promise on 4GB GPUs, with Alan Wake II seeing a whopping 14 ...

Windows 11 Pro has always had a built-in hypervisor. I just didn't know about it — and it's better than VirtualBox in almost ...

I tested Fedora Miracle: Why Linux needs a 'broken' flag for orphaned spins ...

With the end of support for Windows 10 last October, the transition to Windows 11 hasn't been as smooth as Microsoft might have hoped, with performance issues, bugs, and unpopular features eroding ...

There is no doubt that Linux has come a long way in the last five years, thanks in large part to Valve opening the door to gaming with Proton. Linux has always been a capable operating system, but its ...

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For smartphone users looking for a desktop replacement, the NexPhone wants to offer a choice of three popular operating systems. In addition to desktop support for Android, Linux Debian, and Windows ...

For years, Windows users frustrated with constant changes, aggressive updates, and growing system bloat have flirted with switching to Linux. But 2025 marks a noticeable shift: a new generation of ...

A small team of developers is building a pocket-sized, modular computer with a 4.1 inch, 1080 x 480 pixel touchscreen display, an an STM32MP157 dual-core Arm Cortex-A7 processor, and 4GB of DDR3 ...

Lazarus department store was a Columbus institution for nearly 175 years before being absorbed by Macy’s in 2005. Ironically, many Columbus and central Ohio residents associated Lazarus with the ...

Game On: Compatibility between gaming applications and Linux operating systems keeps improving. According to recent statistics, most players can now expect to run the majority of their gaming sessions ...

The Qilin ransomware operation was spotted executing Linux encryptors in Windows using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to evade detection by traditional security tools. The ransomware first launched ...