Instant Carbon
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/instant-carbon
This Icelandic (!) piece of software converts classic Mac OS applications into carbon programs, so that you can run them on early versions of Mac OS X (PPC).
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Unprecedented Linux Growth in Europe Amid Windows 10 End-of-Life
#europe #Linux #marketshare #OperatingSystems #windows10
https://blazetrends.com/unprecedented-linux-growth-in-europe-amid-windows-10-end-of-life/?fsp_sid=61142
Blaze Trends · Unprecedented Linux Growth in Europe Amid Windows 10 End-of-LifeMillions of people using Windows 10 are facing a tough choice. Microsoft plans to stop offering security updates for the system, leaving countless computers
I just wrote a guide on X11 Desktop Environments..
https://furycd001.github.io/posts/a-thoughtful-guide-to-x11/
furycd001.github.ioA Thoughtful Guide to X11 Desktop Environments | d:tour
Windows user ejects graphics card, immediately regrets it — curiosity killed the VM acceleration - What happens if you 'eject' your GPU? You might end up wast... - https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/hilariously-unfortunate-windows-user-ejects-graphics-card-immediately-regrets-it-curiosity-killed-the-vm-acceleration #operatingsystems #software #windows
Tom's Hardware · Windows user ejects graphics card, immediately regrets it — curiosity killed the VM acceleration
Ubuntu Disables Spectre/Meltdown Protections
A whole class of speculative execution attacks against CPUs were published in 2018. They seemed pretty catastrophic at the time. But the fixes were as well. Specul... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/ubuntu-disables-spectre-meltdown-protections.html
Schneier on Security · Ubuntu Disables Spectre/Meltdown Protections - Schneier on SecurityA whole class of speculative execution attacks against CPUs were published in 2018. They seemed pretty catastrophic at the time. But the fixes were as well. Speculative execution was a way to speed up CPUs, and removing those enhancements resulted in significant performance drops. Now, people are rethinking the trade-off. Ubuntu has disabled some protections, resulting in 20% performance boost. After discussion between Intel and Canonical’s security teams, we are in agreement that Spectre no longer needs to be mitigated for the GPU at the Compute Runtime level. At this point, Spectre has been mitigated in the kernel, and a clear warning from the Compute Runtime build serves as a notification for those running modified kernels without those patches. For these reasons, we feel that Spectre mitigations in Compute Runtime no longer offer enough security impact to justify the current performance tradeoff...
Microsoft has broken Windows Hello facial recognition — it no longer works in the dark - The newest revision of Windows Hello Face requires a color ... - https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-has-broken-windows-hello-facial-recognition-it-no-longer-works-in-the-dark #operatingsystems #software #windows
Tom's Hardware · Microsoft has broken Windows Hello facial recognition — it no longer works in the dark
Windows 11 Insiders surprised by return of Vista startup sound — it’s a bug not a feature, says MS exec - The latest Insider Build in the Windows 11 Beta and Dev cha... - https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11-insiders-surprised-by-return-of-vista-startup-sound-its-a-bug-not-a-feature-says-ms-exec #operatingsystems #software #windows
Tom's Hardware · Windows 11 Insiders surprised by return of Vista startup sound — it’s a bug not a feature, says MS exec
Windows: What's New and What's Next?
Windows 11 is constantly getting little makeovers, with a big push on AI-powered features like Smart App Control and how Microsoft Copilot blends into your daily tasks. And the whispers about Windows 12 are still out there! People are guessing it'll be even more AI-driven and super modular, but we're still waiting for an official word on when we'll actually see it.
#Windows11 #AI #Tech
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#OSNews
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#OperatingSystems
#Innovation
#Tech
The Essential Linux commands that every user needs to know - All the Ubuntu / Debian Linux commands you need to copy fil... - https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/the-essential-linux-commands-that-every-user-needs-to-know #operatingsystems #software #linux
Tom's Hardware · The Essential Linux commands that every user needs to knowThe Essential Linux commands that every user needs to know
A catalogue of novel/niche operating systems
I just saw this one shared on the “Orange Site.” A few of them were written in Common Lisp.
I know Gwen Weinholt has built her Loko Scheme for running on bare metal, I wonder if that should be listed on this site as well?
GitHubGitHub - prathyvsh/os-catalog: Catalogue of novel operating systemsCatalogue of novel operating systems. Contribute to prathyvsh/os-catalog development by creating an account on GitHub.
Engadget: Everything Google announced at The Android Show. “Google I/O 2025 is still a week out, but Google shared a taste of the updates coming to Android and the larger Android Ecosystem at a separate event today, dubbed The Android Show: I/O Edition.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/17/engadget-everything-google-announced-at-the-android-show/
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What #unixlike operating systems do you know which are easy to port? Something like #NetBSD. I wonder if there is anything written in #commonlisp or #rust
There are some options but I'm not sure how much easy are they to port. I've heard many positive comments about bare metal development using Rust. I wonder how is common lisp in this regard.
I have extensive programming experience but not on bare metal or kernel programming.
Boosts for wider participation in the discussion are welcome.
Linux market share has reached over 18% in its Finnish home soil 
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/finland
#Linux #Finland #Suomi #marketshare #operatingsystems #Statcounter #PC #SteamDeck @torvalds
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Security engineer @alexhaydock acquired a Wii at the #EMF2024 Swap Shop. He intended to use it to emulate games, but when he realized that it could be used to host a website, he decided to try that instead. @404mediaco’s Samantha Cole spoke to him about how well it’s working, and what he’s planning to do with it (#EMF2026, here he comes). Check out the second link to find out how our friends at 404 are doing, and what they’re cooking up next.
https://www.404media.co/this-website-is-running-on-a-wii/
https://www.404media.co/how-404-media-is-navigating-economic-headwinds/
404 Media · This Website Is Running on a WiiAlex Haydock found a dusty old Wii console at a hardware swap and modded it to run his website.
I wish Linux offered more choices.
Linux offers, forks. So many damn forks.
But original content? Not so much.
#Linux #OperatingSystems
China’s Honor pledges $10 billion AI investment, closer Google ties https://www.byteseu.com/792954/ #AI #Android #AppleInc #ArtificialIntelligence #BusinessNews #GenerativeAI #OperatingSystems #Smartphones #Technology
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2/ This is why I have never been a fan of Linux, people should be writing their own OSs 
As an aside, I found this #USENET thread with some familiar names from 1987 about porting Minix to the Atari - I assume that would have been the ST then.
https://www.linux.co.cr/unix-source-code/review/1987/0108.html
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1/ Just because, here's my LSI-11 desktop - It works, they used much better capacitors in those days.
Way back when, the LSI-11 was often used to teach people Operating Systems and Compiler Design, and in my CS degree in 1986 we'd fiddle with MINIX on these things, and deal with re-writing different low-level UNIX things. Life was much easier with only 50 instructions to work with.
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Am I missing anything or are all the existing operating systems for #smartphones in the #USA really limited to
1. #graphene
2. #calyx
3. #Lineage
4. #windows
5. #android with google
6. #chrome
7. #ios /apple
8. #Mac
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As in my tech updates I'm still looking for an open source operating system that can work on a rugged smartphone (cases available for the flimsily designed hardware don't count as the device itself being rugged).