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The overall adoption and implementation of Wayland — intended as a replacement for the decades-old X11 windowing system — in the Linux world has been full of fits and starts. …read more Continue reading Wayland Comes to Minecraft
Before the Raspberry Pi came out, one cheap and easy way to get GPIO on a computer with a real operating system was to manipulate the pins on an old …read more Continue reading Raspberry Pi Gets Desktop Form Factor
It’s late at night, and you’re avoiding work that was supposed to be done yesterday. You could open an application on your desktop to keep your attention, or what about …read more Continue reading Open Source Interactive Wallpapers for Windows
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-9074) in Docker Desktop for Windows and macOS was fixed. The flaw allowed a malicious… Continue reading Docker Desktop Vulnerability Allowed Host Takeover on Windows, macOS
One of the longest running jokes in our sphere is that the coming year will finally be the year of “Linux on the Desktop.” Never mind that the erosion of …read more Continue reading Why 2025 Will Not Be The Year Of Linux On The Desktop
What prompts this question is why some Spectre mitigations are considered meaningful on single user workstations or desktops.
When a piece of software is trusted by the admin or a user to run on a single user system, what is the purpose of… Continue reading How meaningful are SPECTRE mitigations on single user desktops and workstations if the installed software is trusted?
If your desktop background turns black when highlighting on a Windows 11/10 PC, this post will help you resolve the issue. Some users have reported that their desktop background turns black when they drag the mouse cursor on the desktop to highlight or… Continue reading Desktop Background turns Black when highlighting [Fix]
Quick settings is a new Windows 11 feature that appears when you click the Network, Volume, or Power buttons in the Taskbar’s system tray. As its name suggests, Quick settings provides easy access to commonly needed system settings like Wi-Fi, Bluetoot… Continue reading Quick Settings (24H2)
As with its predecessors, Windows 11 offers an integrated Search feature that’s accessible from the Taskbar or Start. Search helps you find apps and documents on your PC as you would expect, but it also searches the web and can find other types of file… Continue reading Search (24H2)
Windows 11 includes a Widgets feature that consists of a Widgets button at the far left of the Taskbar and a pop-up widget board that displays notifications–for news, and more superfluous information–widgets, and a Microsoft Start news and general in… Continue reading Widgets (24H2)