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Similar to the way Google makes its mobile OS Android open source, Meta announced it is opening up its Quest headset’s operating system to rival device makers. Reuters reports: The move will allow partner companies to build their headsets using Meta Ho… Continue reading Meta Opens Quest Operating System To Third-Party Device Makers
50 years ago this week, PC software pioneer Gary Kildall “demonstrated CP/M, the first commercially successful personal computer operating system in Pacific Grove, California,” according to a blog post from Silicon Valley’s Computer History Museum. It … Continue reading How CP/M Launched the Next 50 Years of Operating Systems
Framework, the company known for designing and selling upgradeable, modular laptops, has struggled with providing up-to-date software for its products. Ars Technica’s Andrew Cunningham spoke with CEO Nirav Patel to discuss how the company is working on… Continue reading Framework’s Software and Firmware Have Been a Mess
Michael Larabel reports via Phoronix: Within yesterday’s Linux 6.9-rc4 release is an interesting little nugget by Linus Torvalds to battle Kconfig parsers that can’t correctly handle tabs but rather just assume spaces for whitespace for this kernel con… Continue reading Linus Torvalds Injects Tabs To Thwart Kconfig Parsers Not Correctly Handling Them
Liam Proven reports via The Register: Bad news for those who want to play with OpenVMS in non-production use. Older versions are disappearing, and the terms are getting much more restrictive. The corporation behind the continued development of OpenVMS,… Continue reading VMS Software Prunes OpenVMS Hobbyist Program
According to StatCounter, Linux on the desktop has continued to rise and remain above 4%. GamingOnLinux reports: First hitting over 4% in February, their March data is now in showing not just staying above 4% but rising a little once again showing the … Continue reading Linux Continues To Be Above 4% On the Desktop
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MacRumors: Apple today released visionOS 1.1, marking the first major update to the visionOS operating system that was launched alongside the Vision Pro in February. visionOS updates can be installed by going to… Continue reading Apple Releases visionOS 1.1 With Improvements To Persona, EyeSight, Virtual Keyboard and More
China’s Huawei will not support Android apps on the latest iteration of its in-house Harmony operating system, domestic financial media Caixin reported, as the company looks to bolster its own software ecosystem. From a report: The company plans to rol… Continue reading Huawei Makes a Break From Android With Next Version of Harmony OS
Linux kernel 6.7 has been released, including support for the new next-gen copy-on-write (COW) bcachefs file system. The Register reports: Linus Torvalds announced the release on Sunday, noting that it is “one of the largest kernel releases we’ve ever … Continue reading Biggest Linux Kernel Release Ever Welcomes bcachefs File System, Jettisons Itanium
prisoninmate shares a report: Originally released on November 12th, 2017, the long-term supported (LTS) Linux 4.14 kernel series has now reached its end of supported life after being maintained for more than six years. Renowned kernel developer Greg Kr… Continue reading Linux Kernel 4.14 Reaches End of Life After More Than Six Years of Maintenance