Linux smashes through five per cent desktop share in the US
2025 really is the year of Linux on the desktop
For the first time ever, Linux has clawed its way past the five per cent desktop market share barrier in the United States so maybe 2025 is finally the much predicted year of Linux on the desktop.
AMD slips RDNA 3.5 iGPU firmware into Linux
New GFX 11.5.3 files hint at 'Gorgon Point' APU looming
AMD has dropped a fresh pile of RDNA 3.5 integrated GPU firmware into the Linux firmware repository, paving the way for its next round of silicon without the usual fanfare.
Steam on Linux dips slightly as AMD takes CPU crown
Valve survey shows open-source crowd still keen on Deck-powered setups
Valve's latest Steam survey dropped a bit later than usual, but the Linux numbers are finally in and while there’s a tiny dip in overall share, the AMD crowd has reason to cheer.
Windows PCs are becoming an endangered species
Microsoft admits 400 million Windows devices have disappeared
Microsoft exec Yusuf Mehdi probably didn’t think anyone would notice when he claimed that Windows now runs on “over a billion monthly active devices.” The trouble is, the last time Voles in Redmond bragged about such things, the number was 1.4 billion. That was in 2022. Meaning 400 million devices have quietly exited stage left.
Too much VRAM gives Linux insomnia
AMD's Instinct cards break the nap button with their massive memory
AMD engineer Samuel Zhang has flagged a Linux bug that causes servers to refuse hibernation because they’ve too much VRAM and Instinct accelerators.
German state expels Microsoft
Schleswig-Holstein doesn’t want teams
The German state of Schleswig-Holstein is revolting and ditching the software King of the world, Microsoft, from its public sector.
Torvalds ditches soft keyboard for clackety clack
Linux boss blames autocorrect for typo mayhem
IT's Mr Sweary, Linus Torvalds has binned his low-profile keyboard and rejoined the noisy mechanical brigade.
Linux finally kills off the 486
Torvalds flushes ancient x86 silicon down the kernel loo
The Linux kernel is finally putting the 486 processor out of its misery, ending decades of backward compatibility that even Microsoft ditched with Windows XP back in 2001.
KDE Plasma kills off its half-baked LTS
No one liked maintaining it or knew what it meant
KDE Plasma is ditching its long-term support releases in favour of an extended patch schedule for regular updates, after conceding its current LTS system is a bit of a sham.
Amazon ditches Android for its Linux-based Vega OS
Retail giant wants to go it alone in the tech world
Amazon is taking a huge swing at the tech world by dumping Android and rolling out its own Linux-based Vega OS. The retail giant reckons it can reshape how millions use Fire TV devices and other hardware.
