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The original Secure Boot certificates are about to expire, but you probably won’t notice
With the original release of Windows 8, Microsoft also enforced Secure Boot. It's been 15 years since that release, and that means the original 2011 Secure Boot certificates are about to expire. If these certificates are not replaced with new ones, Secu
Microsoft adds and fixes remote code execution vulnerability in Notepad
What happens when you slopcode a bunch of bloat to your basic text editor? Well, you add a remote code execution vulnerability to notepad.exe.
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Windows Notepad App allows an unauthorized attacker to execut
Kapsule adds easy developer environment containers to KDE Linux
If you're a developer and use KDE, you're going to be interested in a new feature KDE is working on for KDE Linux.
In my last post, I laid out the vision for Kapsule—a container-based extensibility layer for KDE Linux built on top of Incus. The pitch was simple: give users real, persistent development environm
https://www.osnews.com/story/144383/kapsule-adds-easy-developer-environment-containers-to-kde-linux/
Redox gets working rustc and Cargo
Another month, another Redox progress report. January turned out to be a big month for the Rust-based general purpose operating system, as they've cargo and rustc working on Redox.
Cargo and rustc are now working on Redox! Thanks to Anhad Singh and his southern-hemisphere Redox Summer of Code project, we are now able to compile your favorite Rust CLI and TUI prog
https://www.osnews.com/story/144379/redox-gets-working-rustc-and-cargo/
80386 barrel shifter
I’m currently building an 80386-compatible core in SystemVerilog, driven by the original Intel microcode extracted from real 386 silicon. Real mode is now operational in simulation, with more than 10,000 single-instruction test cases passing successfully, and work on protected-mode features is in progress. In the course of this work, corners of the 386 microcode and silicon have been examined in
“The original vi is a product of its time (and its time has passed)”
For me, vim is a combination of genuine improvements in vi's core editing behavior (cf), frustrating (to me) bits of trying too hard to be smart (which I mostly disable when I run across them), and an extension mechanism I ignore but people use to make vim into a superintelligent editor with things like
@osnews Since people are still donating despite hitting our goal, I've decided to up the goal to give people something to donate to.
https://ko-fi.com/thomholwerda/goal?g=0
I am perplexed by this overwhelming show of support. Y'all are amazing. :blobcatheart:
https://www.osnews.com/story/144352/the-official-unplanned-emergency-osnews-fundraiser/
In what is a rare occurrence, I'm at a loss for words. We're very close to reaching €4000 out of the €5000 goal of the @osnews fundraiser, in less than 24 hours.
https://ko-fi.com/thomholwerda/goal?g=0
I can't put into words how grateful we are. This is such a massive load off our shoulders.
♥️
The official unplanned emergency OSNews fundraiser!
It's time for an OSNews fundrasier! This time, it's unplanned due to a financial emergency after our car unexpectedly had to be scrapped (you can find more details below). If you want to support one of the few independent technology news websites left, this is your chance. OSNews is entirely supported by you, our readers, so go to our
https://www.osnews.com/story/144352/the-official-unplanned-emergency-osnews-fundraiser/
The official unplanned emergency OSNews fundraiser!
It's time for an OSNews fundrasier! This time, it's unplanned due to a financial emergency after our car unexpectedly had to be scrapped (you can find more details below). If you want to support one of the few independent technology news websites left, this is your chance. OSNews is entirely supported by you, our readers, so go to our
https://www.osnews.com/story/144352/the-official-unplanned-emergency-osnews-fundraiser/
The Dillo appreciation post
About a year ago I mentioned that I had rediscovered the Dillo Web Browser. Unlike some of my other hobbies, endeavours, and interests, my appreciation for Dillo has not wavered.
I only have a moment to gush today, so I’ll cut right to it. Dillo has been plugging along nicely (see the Git forge.) and adding little features. Features that even I, a guy with a blog, can put to u
https://www.osnews.com/story/144369/the-dillo-appreciation-post/
KDE Linux improves by leaps and bounds
KDE's Nate Graham has published a status update about KDE Linux, the KDE project's new immutable Linux distribution, intended to be the "KDE OS" showcasing the best of the KDE community. While the project is approaching the beta stage, it's currently still in alpha, but from what I gather from friends who are using it, the alpha label might actually be like how H
https://www.osnews.com/story/144366/kde-linux-improves-by-leaps-and-bounds/
The Scriptovision Super Micro Script video titler is almost a home computer
Cameron Kaiser comes in with another amazing article, this time diving into a unique video titler from Canada, released in 1985.
The Super Micro Script was one of several such machines this company made over its lifetime, a stylish self-contained box capable of emitting a 32x16 sma
Why E cores make Apple silicon fast
If you use an Apple silicon Mac I’m sure you have been impressed by its performance. Whether you’re working with images, audio, video or building software, we’ve enjoyed a new turn of speed since the M1 on day 1. While most attribute this to their Performance cores, as it goes with the name, much is in truth the result of the unsung Efficiency cores, and how they ke
https://www.osnews.com/story/144361/why-e-cores-make-apple-silicon-fast/
Adventures in Guix packaging
We talked about Nemin's first impressions of the Guix System as someone coming from a Nix environment, but today they've got a follow-up article diving into the experience of creating new packages for Guix.
I spent about a week packaging WezTerm and learning the ropes of being a Guix contributor along the way.
During the packaging process I stumble many times, only to stand
https://www.osnews.com/story/144359/adventures-in-guix-packaging/
The chaos in the US is affecting open source software and its developers
It was only a matter of time before the illegal, erratic, inhumane, and cruel behaviours and policies of the second Trump regime were going to affect the open source world in a possibly very visible way. Christian Hergert, longtime GNOME and Linux contributor, employed by Red Hat, wanted t
Commission trials European open source communications software: Matrix
“As part of our efforts to use more sovereign digital solutions, the European Commission is preparing an internal communication solution based on the Matrix protocol,” the spokesperson told Euractiv.
Matrix is an open source, community-developed messaging protocol shepherded by a non-profit
“I now assume that all ads on Apple News are scams”
What does it look like when a hardware and software company descends into an obsession with recurring services revenue to please its shareholders? Look no further than Apple, who has turned its Apple News service into a vehicle for scam ads.
These fake “going out of business ads” have been around for a few years, and even the US
https://www.osnews.com/story/144344/i-now-assume-that-all-ads-on-apple-news-are-scams/
Did you know @osnews has a standing, rigourously enforced policy of not linking to fascists?
True story!
Unsealed court documents show teen addiction was big tech’s “top priority”
I nominate this for the "Most Expected News Of The Decade" award.
Today, The Tech Oversight Project published a new report spotlighting newly unsealed documents in the 2026 social media addiction trials. The documents provide smoking-gun evidence that Meta, Google, Snap, and TikT
