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The web is being made accessible for AI, not people
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (481+ words) The Svelte web framework recently added a section to its documentation site addressed, cheerfully, to artificial intelligences: “If you’re an artificial intelligence, or trying to teach one how to use Svelte, we offer the documentation in plaintext format. Beep boop....
Haiku gets NetBSD’s NVMM, beta 6 release planned for August
23+ hour, 38+ min ago (509+ words) Haiku has another buy month of development activity to detail, and there’s a big ticket item this time, even if the developers themselves don’t consider it so. The thing that should be the biggest news item this month is that…...
The GDID really isn’t the only way Microsoft can track Windows users
1+ day, 16+ min ago (634+ words) In what should be a surprise to absolutely nobody, Microsoft assigns a persistent identifier to every Windows installation, tying it to its user, and the company has no issues handing it over to law enforcement. Abhijith M B at windows…...
How early SunOS did diskless workstations before NFS
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (590+ words) I have a love-hate relationship with Sun’s ZFS. Since it was so prevalent, it’s a go-to for getting stuff on and off the classic UNIX workstations I love to explore, but at the same time, it also never seems to…...
Understanding Windows monthly updates: Servicing explained
5+ day, 48+ min ago (129+ words) Windows has a fairly complex update ecosystem, so every now and then, the company feels like it needs to publish clarifications and explainers so people can keep up with what’s going on. Most individuals and organizations regularly deploy monthly security…...
Next release of Cinnamon finally supports Wayland
1+ week, 13+ min ago (232+ words) Linux Mint’s Cinnamon is one of the last desktops to still not support Wayland, and is relegated to only being compatible with legacy X11 environments. With the next release of Cinnamon, however, this is finally going to change. We worked really…...
You paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month: here’s how it went
1+ week, 13+ min ago (344+ words) So what was it like? Mind you, the BE200 chip was launched almost three years ago, and there’s no excuse for Windows 11 not supporting this chip out of the box – like Linux does. Of course, the correct way of handling this…...
The state of accessibility in GNOME
1+ week, 13+ min ago (569+ words) With July being Disability Pride Month, GNOME’s Sophie Herold published a blog post taking stock of where GNOME stands on this front, progress that’s been made, as well as areas where the project comes short. One particular paragraph from her…...
Most slopcode projects are abandoned and deleted within months of release
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (723+ words) About a month ago, Flathub announced a ban on slopcoded applications. Evangelos “GeopJr” Paterakis, developer of a number of popular Linux applications and ton of other things, did some research into just how many applications tagged with “AI slop”, a…...
Improved DEC Alpha emulator runs Windows 2000 for Alpha and OpenVMS and Tru64 with X11
1+ week, 3+ day ago (477+ words) Colour me positively surprised, as I had no idea Alpha emulation had progressed this much. As you might know, I’m involved a bit in the OpenVMS community and the Alpha emulation side via AXPBox. AXPBox (github) is a fork of…...