The Verge

JULY 25, 2020

A new VM Computers mod has been created for Minecraft that allows players to order computer parts from a satellite orbiting around a Minecraft world and build a computer that actually boots Windows 95 and a variety of other operating systems. uDrunkMate on Reddit. Doom running on a Minecraft PC. Can Minecraft run Crysis though?

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The Verge

JUNE 22, 2020

Apple is officially moving to its own silicon chips for some of its Mac hardware. Calling it a “historic day for the Mac,” Apple CEO Tim Cook detailed the transitions to PowerPC, OS X 10, and a move to Intel chips before unveiling its plans to use Apple’s own ARM-powered silicon in Macs in the future.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

I adopted OS X as my operating system of choice in 2003 because I wanted a stable, powerful, UNIX-based operating system. As millions of other users did, I also adopted the iPhone (and later the iPad), further strengthening Apple’s hold on my personal computing landscape. Apple and VMware…or Xen?

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IT Toolbox

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The biggest difference between Linux and other proprietary operating systems is that there is so much to choose from. If you were to buy an Apple based computer then you will get the Apple developed operating system If you get a Windows based computer then you get Windows.

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IT Toolbox

MAY 4, 2017

Microsoft's Windows is one of the most popular operating systems for computers, alongside the Linux and Apple's Mac OS. This operating system offers a lot of handy features, which help users to do work better, faster and more efficient. However, users reported they often encounter a few

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 31, 2017

In my Linux migration initial progress report , I provided an early assessment of the Linux distribution that I thought I would use moving forward. Since that time, though, I’ve pivoted a bit and selected a different Linux distribution as the operating system (OS) for my primary laptop moving forward.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2020

Apple’s cloud ban and Fortnite feud have made it gaming’s latest villain Apple has always had a complicated relationship with the game industry, but this month that relationship slid into a bitter and very public legal and regulatory war that could shape the future of iPhone apps. Join the fight to stop 2020 from becoming ‘1984.’”.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2020

Apple will start switching its Macs to its own ARM-based processors later this year, but you won’t be able to run Windows in Boot Camp mode on them. Microsoft only licenses Windows 10 on ARM to PC makers to preinstall on new hardware, and the company hasn’t made copies of the operating system available for anyone to license or freely install.

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The Verge

APRIL 16, 2021

There’s an Apple event next week , and it’s looking fairly likely that we’ll see updated models of the iPad Pro and perhaps the iPad Mini. Again, this was a weirdo little two-pound plastic laptop that ran a custom Linux distro that was basically a front for various websites. (We We hadn’t invented the phrase “cloud services” yet.).

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Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2024

In this Technology Short Take, I have links on things ranging from physical network designs to running retro operating systems as virtual machines. Operating Systems/Applications Julia Evans digs into what “current branch” means in Git. Nikhil shares a framework for selecting a Linux distribution.

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TechSpot

MARCH 13, 2023

It is compatible with most operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Apple Arm-powered systems. NovaBench includes tests for CPU, GPU, memory, and storage. Read Entire Article

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 21, 2017

This post is part of a series of posts sharing other users’ stories about their migration to Linux as their primary desktop OS. As I mentioned in part 1 of the series , there seemed to be quite a bit of pent-up interest in using Linux as your primary desktop OS. Q: Why did you switch to Linux? is awesome).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Microsoft’s ‘Cloud Operating System’ 218,000 Servers in Microsoft Data Centers? If they ran Linux, maybe they wouldn’t have to run so many servers. We’ve updated that story to add the new number for Microsoft, as well as updates for Facebook, OVH, Akamai, eBay and Rackspace. Look here to find out.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The IBM Personal Computer was a year away from hitting the market, and Microsoft was scrambling to come up with a 16-bit operating system — what would become MS-DOS — for a computer that would emerge as a defining machine of the PC revolution. You know, ‘Linux is going to kill us, Lotus is going to kill us.’

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The Verge

JUNE 23, 2020

Microsoft is also planning an iOS antivirus app, although it’s clear the company will be far more limited with what it provides on Apple’s operating systems. Apple sandboxes iOS apps by default and prevents most end users from sideloading apps without the App Store in the first place.

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SPF13

MARCH 20, 2015

The Internet Era: 00s • Internet changes everything • Open source movement gains traction (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) • Tech selling ads, bits, hardware & services • Google Dominates. Summary: small poll for my new operating system? Open Source Companies • Redhat $13B • Cloudera $3B • MongoDB $1.6B • Docker $.5B

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Vox

OCTOBER 2, 2020

New York and New Jersey are the latest states to use the Apple-Google exposure notification tool. This gives us the potential for a nationwide digital contact tracing system. New Yorkers now have a contact tracing app as part of a regional effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Mireya Acierto/Getty Images.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Operating Systems/Applications. Nice to see that work on getting Linux up and running and fully functional on Apple’s proprietary M1 chips is progressing well. Abhinav Sonkar walks through using Argo CD’s ApplicationSet functionality.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 30, 2023

GPT: Microsoft finds itself on the other side of an industry-defining copyright dispute Francesco Marconi in the WSJ: AI and Journalism Need Each Other Listen below, or subscribe to GeekWire in Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify or wherever you listen, and keep reading for key takeaways.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2021

According to an engineer at Microsoft , Windows 11 users will have the ability to sideload Android apps onto the operating system, which looks like an answer to one of the biggest questions we had when Microsoft announced it was bringing Android apps to Windows 11 via the Amazon Appstore ( via Android Police ). Image: Microsoft.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq. Michael Kashin shares the journey of containerizing NVIDIA Cumulus Linux. Networking. So useful.).

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Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Operating System & Software Blogs. Apple Insider. TechWorld – Operating Systems. CIO Dashboard.

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Virtualized Greek

JANUARY 28, 2014

Or should I say, I haven’t seen a great operating model for seamlessly managing both Windows and Linux. That proved to be more of apples to oranges comparison, but I think the OS example is a good comparison. I’ve also seen how difficult it is to manage both the product and operations model.

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Kitaboo

JUNE 14, 2021

The multimedia-rich digital content can be read across Android, iOS, and Windows operating systems. It works pretty well on Mac, Linux, and Windows. The ePUB formats offered by Adobe are flexible with Kindle, Apple iBooks, and many other platforms. Besides, KITABOO offers secure B2C, B2B, and B2B2C distribution.

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Venture Beat

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

After 14 years, Net Applications is killing off its NetMarketShare reports that track browser and operating system market share. Read More.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

DNS, BGP, hardware-based security, Kubernetes, Linux—they’re all in here. A “highly evasive” Linux malware named OrBit has emerged; see here for more details. Operating Systems/Applications. Howard Oakley takes a look at virtualization on Apple silicon Macs. Networking. Career/Soft Skills.

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Galido

OCTOBER 18, 2018

When programming applications for the operating system of Apple, iOS, and therefore to create apps for iPhone and iPad, you must use the Objective-C language. It is available for GNU / Linux. We can develop Web applications much faster by minimizing the steps, time and convolution involved in programming. Objective-C.

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Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Operating System & Software Blogs. Apple Insider. TechWorld – Operating Systems. CIO Dashboard.

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Galido

MAY 1, 2019

These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Operating System & Software Blogs. Apple Insider. TechWorld – Operating Systems. CIO Dashboard.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Losing to Apple—whose M-series chips are widely regarded as faster and more efficient than Intel’s chips—has apparently stung the chip giant into revving up the innovation engine. Operating Systems/Applications. Dennis Felsing shares some thoughts on switching to macOS after 15 years on Linux.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Howard Oakley has a great series on Apple Silicon; the series is up to three posts so far. The first post provides a high-level overview of how Apple Silicon M-series chips are different, and the second post has more details on the capabilities of the P and E cores. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

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Vox

APRIL 12, 2024

He — along with a number of other accounts — was apparently part of a campaign to compromise nearly every Linux-running computer in the world. Linux is an open source operating system — as opposed to closed systems from companies like Apple — that runs on tens of millions of devices.)

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 15, 2021

Operating Systems/Applications. Ryan Blunden has authored a fairly comprehensive piece on environment variables in Linux and macOS. Linux may be coming to the Apple M1 chip. And speaking of the Apple M1 chip, Ernie Smith shares how he managed to “break” his M1-powered Mac using Dropbox.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

This is a great read overall, but one sentence in particular really caught my eye: “30 years ago I was able to write a complete multitasking operating system in Z80 assembly code. Jon Langemak is blogging again, and he jumps back into the “blogging saddle” with a post on working with tc on Linux systems.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

BPFDoor, as it is known, is a passive backdoor that allows threat actors to remotely connect to a Linux shell. 9to5Mac outlines some details on the so-called PACMAN attack against Apple’s M1 chips. Operating Systems/Applications. Check out this write-up. Think PDF files are safe? Think again. That’s handy.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2021

A new version of Windows is coming today Microsoft is about to unveil Windows 11 this morning, the company’s next major operating system. Apple impressed us earlier this month with Universal Control , a simple way to use a keyboard and trackpad on a Mac to control an iPad. Microsoft Design ( Instagram ).

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Operating Systems/Applications I started using eza on my desktop systems (both macOS and Linux) a while ago, but it’s nice to see it getting more attention. Giacomo Coletto shares some “quality of life” improvements for Arch Linux. Nick Janetakis reminds folks to use compose.yaml.

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