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A security update mislabeling by Microsoft led to Windows Server 2022 systems unexpectedly upgrading to Windows Server 2025, impacting 7 percent of Heimdal customers and leaving administrators scrambling to manage unexpected licensing and configuration… Continue reading Sysadmin Shock As Windows Server 2025 Installs Itself After Update Labeling Error
Phoronix’s Michael Larabel reports: Over the past year we have seen Raspberry Pi working a lot on Wayland support for the Raspberry Pi OS desktop and using it on their latest Raspberry Pi models. With today’s new Raspberry Pi OS update, Wayland is bein… Continue reading Raspberry Pi OS Now Using Wayland By Default
Phoronix’s Michael Larabel reports: OpenBSD 7.6 is out this evening as another major step forward for this BSD operating system with enhanced hardware support, security improvements, updating various user-space software, and enabling other kernel enhan… Continue reading OpenBSD 7.6 Released
He’s the long-time Slashdot reader who installed Linux on a 1993 PC — and then installed a 1994 version of MS-DOS on a modern Thinkpad X13. (And somewhere along the way, he even built a ChatGPT client for DOS…)
But in a new blog post, yeokm1 … Continue reading Hobbyist Builds a Modern System That Still Runs MS-DOS
Microsoft launched its annual Windows 11 update today, introducing significant changes to the operating system. The Windows 11 2024 Update, or 24H2, will roll out gradually, starting with PCs running versions 22H2 or 23H2 that have opted for faster fea… Continue reading Windows 11 24H2, the Biggest Update in Two Years, Starts Rolling Out
ZDNet’s Steven Vaughan-Nichols reports: After 20 years, Real-Time Linux (PREEMPT_RT) is finally — finally — in the mainline kernel. Linus Torvalds blessed the code while he was at Open Source Summit Europe. […] The real-time Linux code is now baked… Continue reading 20 Years Later, Real-Time Linux Makes It To the Kernel
Apple’s iPadOS 18 update is no longer available after some iPad Pro owners found that it bricked their devices. MacRumors reports: There are reports on Reddit from iPad Pro users who had an interruption in the installation process, leading to an iPad t… Continue reading Apple Pulls iPadOS 18 For M4 iPad Pro After Bricking Complaints
Apple plans to release the next versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS to the general public on September 16, the company announced via its website following its iPhone-centric product event earlier today. From a report: We should also see updates… Continue reading Apple Will Release iOS 18, macOS 15, iPadOS 18, Other Updates on September 16
Ars Technica’s Dan Goodwin writes: Last Tuesday, loads of Linux usersâ”many running packages released as early as this year — started reporting their devices were failing to boot. Instead, they received a cryptic error message that included the p… Continue reading ‘Something Has Gone Seriously Wrong,’ Dual-Boot Systems Warn After Microsoft Update
Slashdot reader yeokm1 is the Singapore-based embedded security researcher whose side projects include installing Linux on a 1993 PC and building a ChatGPT client for MS-DOS.
Today he writes:
When one thinks of modern technologies like Thunderbolt,… Continue reading DOS’s Last Stand? On a Modern Thinkpad X13 with an Intel 10th-Gen Core CPU