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OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-22 21:36:25)
Building an AmigaOS Development Environment in 2026
If you want to develop an application for AmigaOS 3.x but don't want to deal with real hardware, virtualisation and emulation are your friends.
Apropos of nothing, I decided to set up an Amiga development environment. Since figuring things out wasn't straightforward, I wrote down instructions for Linux about how to compile the
https://www.osnews.com/story/145581/building-an-amigaos-development-environment-in-2026/
#AmigaAROS
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-22 21:05:33)
Volkswagen blocks custom Android ROM users from VW application
Drivers of cars from the Volkswagen Group using alternative Android versions like GrapheneOS, LineageOS, or /e/OS have been unable to use the VW app for some time. This means they can neither check their vehicle's remaining range from their phone, schedule service appointments, nor control charging and air condi
https://www.osnews.com/story/145579/volkswagen-blocks-custom-android-rom-users-from-vw-application/
#Android
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-22 21:02:03)
Happy companies are all alike; every unhappy company is unhappy in its own way
Sam Altman seems to be making OpenAI way more non-profit than before:
Even as the AI bubble becomes a mainstream talking point on Wall Street, tech companies continue to peddle the fantasy that AI is poised to become an almost magical money-maker. Case in point, OpenAI wants y
https://www.osnews.com/story/145577/happy-companies-are-all-alike-every-unhappy-company-is-unhappy-in-its-own-way/
#ClownCar
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-21 06:46:35)
Regressive JPEGs
One of the cool features of JPEG files is that there's the option to save low frequency components first. This means that a partially downloaded image will be displayed at low resolution instead of being cut off.
↫ maurycyz.com
Oh I know where this is going...
Doing this, I can get Chrome to render around 90 frames before giving up. Other browsers like Firefox have more patience, but a 90 s
https://www.osnews.com/story/145568/regressive-jpegs/
#MultimediaAV
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-21 06:30:09)
“Even Microsoft couldn’t make Windows 11 work well on 8GB of RAM”
The Verge reviewed the latest Surface Laptop, which only comes with 8GB of RAM at a higher price than the previous 16GB model, and they conclude that Windows isn't really usable on 8GB of RAM. Whether that's true or not I do not know - I would assume it depends a lot on your usage - but this quote from
https://www.osnews.com/story/145566/even-microsoft-couldnt-make-windows-11-work-well-on-8gb-of-ram/
#Windows
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-21 06:06:37)
OpenBSD tests WPA3 support
The NLnet Foundation's NGI0 Commons Fund supported an effort to add WPA3 support to OpenBSD, and the work's payed off.
All drivers which support PMF can use WPA3, which are: iwm, iwx, and qwx. So far, I have tested this patch on iwx AX200 only. I will roll out this patch to more of my devices now. Help with testing is welcome.There are both userland and kernel changes involved.
https://www.osnews.com/story/145564/openbsd-tests-wpa3-support/
#OpenBSD
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-20 06:08:33)
DOSBox ported to OpenVMS for Alpha
Speaking of OpenVMS and Alpha - and we like speaking about OpenVMS and Alpha, don't we? - there's now a port of DOSBox that runs on the Alpha version venerable operating system. Astr0baby has published both binaries and source code for the port, as well as a lovely set of screenshots to show it off working.
https://www.osnews.com/story/145562/dosbox-ported-to-openvms-for-alpha/
#OSNews
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-20 05:47:14)
LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without user consent
Well, this is new - but not at all unexpected considering the state of Windows and the wider technology industry. When you connect certain LG monitors to a Windows machine, Windows Update will pull in a bunch of adware promoting antivirus trash. Of course, all done without a
https://www.osnews.com/story/145560/lg-monitors-silently-install-software-through-windows-update-without-user-consent/
#Windows
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-20 04:54:11)
New Intel Itanium emulator boots Itanium version of Windows XP and 2003
It was only a few weeks ago that we got a massively improved Alpha emulator, capable of running VMS, Windows 2000, and Tru64, including X11 support and a variety of other exciting features. Today, we've got another major emulation milestone.
The emulation space is going crazy, after my pre
https://www.osnews.com/story/145555/new-intel-itanium-emulator-boots-itanium-version-of-windows-xp-and-2003/
#Hardware
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-18 14:27:50)
Follow the money, especially in open source
Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel and git, is employed by the Linux Foundation. This Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to, as the name obviously implies, the promotion of Linux. The primary use of the funds it collects is to "help fund the infrastructure and fellows, including Linus Torvalds, who help develop the Linux ker
https://www.osnews.com/story/145548/follow-the-money-especially-in-open-source/
#Linux
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-18 07:33:56)
The Zilog Z80 has turned 50
As of writing, the Zilog Z80 processor was officially launched 50 years ago, in July of 1976, less than 4 years after the last human had walked on the moon, decades closer to WWII than to the present day, roughly at a half way point between the Kennedy assassination and the fall of the Berlin wall, closer to the Korean war than to 9/11 which is itself an event that happened a qua
https://www.osnews.com/story/145547/the-zilog-z80-has-turned-50/
#Hardware
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-17 07:31:55)
OnePlus exists EU, US markets
Rumours had been circulating for a while, but now it's official: OnePlus is effectively retreating from the European and US markets.
Today, our hearts are undoubtedly heavy and mixed with emotion. As part of the proactive global strategy adjustment, OnePlus has decided to conclude new product rollouts in Europe and North America.
↫ OnePlus statement
Once OnePlus' co-foun
https://www.osnews.com/story/145539/oneplus-exists-eu-us-markets/
#Android
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-17 06:34:52)
GNOME OS team is working to alleviate some of the limitations of immutable, image-based Linux variants
There's a ton of interest in immutable, image-based versions of various Linux distributions, since they offer a number of benefits that make them a good fit for some users. Updates can't really go wrong, rollback is easy, application ma
https://www.osnews.com/story/145536/gnome-os-team-is-working-to-alleviate-some-of-the-limitations-of-immutable-image-based-linux-variants/
#Gnome
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-17 06:17:30)
Microsoft releases its weird ’90s IRC client as open source
Out of all the bloody things Microsoft could release as open source, they chose the world's weirdest IRC client they shipped in the late '90s that nobody used or even remembered? What on earth is happening?
Microsoft Comic Chat is a Microsoft-developed Internet Relay Chat (IRC) chat client released in 1996 that
https://www.osnews.com/story/145534/microsoft-releases-its-weird-90s-irc-client-as-open-source/
#Internet
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-17 06:08:15)
OpenBSD drops support for the loongson architecture
OpenBSD parts ways with an architecture: OpenBSD will no longer be developed for loongson. The reasons are exactly what you'd expect.
The last compiler update unfortunately does not work on mips64el, with clang 22 built with clang 19 being apparently functional, but clang 22 rebuilt with the previous clang 22 hitting deterministi
https://www.osnews.com/story/145532/openbsd-drops-support-for-the-loongson-architecture/
#OpenBSD
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-17 05:51:32)
Asbestos is a tool, just like any other
Linus Torvalds, on the Linux Kernel Mailing List:
Asbestos is a tool, just like other tools we use. And it's clearly a useful one.
[…]
The solution is to make sure asbestos tools help maintainers instead of just causing them pain. There's no question on that side.
We're not forcing anybody to use it, but I will very loudly ignore people who try
https://www.osnews.com/story/145530/asbestos-is-a-tool-just-like-any-other/
#ClownCar
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-16 07:11:57)
Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail
After I mentioned a Jurassic Park anecdote the other day, I watched the movie again. I must have seen it at least ten times now. This time, I researched every computer/software I spotted.
↫ Fabien Sanglard
We are all aware of the infamous "This is a UNIX system, I know this!" meme, but many more computers make their appearance in Jurassic
https://www.osnews.com/story/145526/jurassic-park-computers-in-excruciating-detail/
#Hardware
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-16 06:55:29)
Twitter’s “AI” translate feature is deep into hardcore pornography
As a former translator with two rock-solid university degrees in the subject, there was never a universe in which I would not talk about Twitter's new autotranslation feature turning the tamest things into hardcore pornography.
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has long garnered a reputation for experie
https://www.osnews.com/story/145523/twitters-ai-translate-feature-is-deep-into-hardcore-pornography/
#ClownCar
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-16 06:28:10)
The web is being made accessible for AI, not people
The Svelte web framework recently added a section to its documentation site addressed, cheerfully, to artificial intelligences: “If you’re an artificial intelligence, or trying to teach one how to use Svelte, we offer the documentation in plaintext format. Beep boop.” Svelte is participating in a broader movement to make the web legi
https://www.osnews.com/story/145521/the-web-is-being-made-accessible-for-ai-not-people/
#ClownCar
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-15 08:09:59)
Haiku gets NetBSD’s NVMM, beta 6 release planned for August
Haiku has another buy month of development activity to detail, and there's a big ticket item this time, even if the developers themselves don't consider it so.
The thing that should be the biggest news item this month is that the GSoC 2024 work to port “NVMM”, the NetBSD Virtual Machine Monitor (which runs on more t
https://www.osnews.com/story/145519/haiku-gets-netbsds-nvmm-beta-6-release-planned-for-august/
#Haiku
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-15 07:57:18)
People are starting to think twice about buying Facebook’s pervert glasses
I have yet to see any of these creepy camera glasses Facebook (and a few other companies) are selling. One of the many benefits of living in Arctic Sweden, where people are reserved, keep their their distance, and try not to draw attention to themselves, is that new technology fads don
https://www.osnews.com/story/145517/people-are-starting-to-think-twice-about-buying-facebooks-pervert-glasses/
#InTheNews
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-15 07:31:44)
The GDID really isn’t the only way Microsoft can track Windows users
In what should be a surprise to absolutely nobody, Microsoft assigns a persistent identifier to every Windows installation, tying it to its user, and the company has no issues handing it over to law enforcement. Abhijith M B at windows Latest dove into the details, and it's just as bad as you would
https://www.osnews.com/story/145515/the-gdid-really-isnt-the-only-way-microsoft-can-track-windows-users/
#Windows
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-14 06:22:20)
How early SunOS did diskless workstations before NFS
I have a love-hate relationship with Sun's ZFS. Since it was so prevalent, it's a go-to for getting stuff on and off the classic UNIX workstations I love to explore, but at the same time, it also never seems to work right away. However, the technology NFS was designed to replace was apparently quite a bit worse. Sun sold diskless w
https://www.osnews.com/story/145511/how-early-sunos-did-diskless-workstations-before-nfs/
#Solaris
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-14 06:05:19)
Nokia’s 14 years of mobile-phone supremacy ended in an afternoon
OSNews covered the downfall of Nokia extensively back when it was happening, but I must admit that seeing this whole story in "retrospectives" now makes me feel so incredibly old. This story played out roughly between 2007 and 2016 - in the grand scheme of things, the end of Nokia's phone business wasn't tha
https://www.osnews.com/story/145509/nokias-14-years-of-mobile-phone-supremacy-ended-in-an-afternoon/
#Mobile
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-11 07:16:52)
Apple sues OpenAI for theft of “trade secrets”
Apple sued OpenAI on Friday, alleging the AI company has stolen the iPhone maker’s trade secrets to develop its own yet-to-be-unveiled AI gadgets.
In the suit, filed in the District Court of Northern California, Apple accuses OpenAI of trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract.
↫ Lisa Eadicicco and Hadas Gold at CNN
I find thi
https://www.osnews.com/story/145502/apple-sues-openai-for-theft-of-trade-secrets/
#Legal
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-11 07:05:49)
Redox gets GTK3, Tcl
Redox did the develop cools stuff thing again for a month, so we've got progress to talk about. This past month, GTK3 has been ported to Redox, as well as the Tcl programming language. Support for per-window fractional scaling has been added to Orbital, Redox' desktop environment, but it's still relatively limited for now. There's also new USB gamepad support, which already works in quite a few
https://www.osnews.com/story/145500/redox-gets-gtk3-tcl/
#RedoxOS
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-11 06:56:05)
Understanding Windows monthly updates: Servicing explained
Windows has a fairly complex update ecosystem, so every now and then, the company feels like it needs to publish clarifications and explainers so people can keep up with what's going on.
Most individuals and organizations regularly deploy monthly security updates, released on the second Tuesday of each month. Windows
https://www.osnews.com/story/145498/understanding-windows-monthly-updates-servicing-explained/
#Windows
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-09 20:18:24)
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@thomholwerda@exquisite.social (2026-07-09 07:30:21)
So I'm running a big fundraiser to celebrate my 21 years and 20000 stories at @osnews, and the firt incentive was for me to use Windows 11 for a month. This is how it went:
https://www.osnews.com/story/145459/you-paid-me-a-long-time-linux-user-to-use-windows-11-exclusively-for-a-month-heres-how-it-went/
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OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-07-09 07:28:16)
You paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month: here’s how it went
You all donated en masse to have me use Windows 11 for a month, and so I did. What was it like for a long-time Linux user to go back and experience Windows as it exists now? Is it really as bad as we've collectively made it out to be? Did my m
https://www.osnews.com/story/145459/you-paid-me-a-long-time-linux-user-to-use-windows-11-exclusively-for-a-month-heres-how-it-went/
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