LobstersComplications of funding an open source operating system
Tom's Hardware: For The Hardcore PC Enthusiast [Unofficial]Flood of duplicate vulnerability reports have made Linux security mailing list 'almost entirely unmanageable' — Linus Torvalds says private list 'a waste of time for everybody involved' in switch to new public system
Kalvin Carefour JohnnySomeone: "Life is easier without the monolithic systemd."
Linux kernel enters the chat.
Linux kernel: "What do you mean? I am a monolith as well."
Me: Oh, if we use "monolith," "monolith," "other software of different principles," "on top of others," that means we are still following the UNIX philosophy, regardless of the monolith parts' presence.
Thoughts? Feel free to comment.
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Hacker NewsI love Linux, but I can't quit Windows
Sinclair-SpeccyGenuine question I keep coming back to: if your favourite old OS had never been discontinued and just kept getting developed normally by their OG devs with proper modern hardware support, security patches and so on, which one would you actually want to daily drive today?
For me it's a tossup between Windows XP and Windows 7. I used both of them a lot when I was younger and honestly they felt basically the same to me at the time, but Windows 7 always seemed a bit easier to navigate.
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Computer SwedenMicrosoft säger att de undersöker problemet.#OperatingSystems #Security #Windows
Ny zero day rundar Bitlocker i Windows 11
Ny zero day rundar Bitlocker i Windows 11
Microsoft is working on a fix to downgraded GPU drivers in Windows Update — new system uses multiple IDs
Microsoft launches Cloud‑Initiated Driver Recovery for remote rollback of faulty updates — no user action or OEM intervention will be needed to handle broken drivers delivered via Windows Update
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseThe Register: Doozy of a Patch Tuesday includes 30 critical Microsoft CVEs. “Microsoft released fixes for 137 CVEs on Tuesday, none of which are known to have been targeted by attackers. But the news is not all good as Redmond rated a whopping 30 flaws as critical, with 14 earning a 9.0 or higher CVSS severity rating, including one perfect 10.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/13/the-register-doozy-of-a-patch-tuesday-includes-30-critical-microsoft-cves/
WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business [Unofficial]Googlebook Is Google's New AI-Powered Laptop Platform Built on Android
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/googlebook-laptop-platform/
