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Introducing brand new OSNews merch with the new logo!
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (243+ words) A new logo means new merch! I'm launching brand new merch today, all featuring the brand new OSNews logo. We've got the classic T-shirt with the new OSNews logo, in sandy white and terrain grey. They're made from sustainably-grown and…...
This mini PC with the latest RISC-V So C might actually be worth it
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (587+ words) RISC-V has been in the "promising" phase for a long time now, especially for general purpose computing, never really breaking through into the mainstream in any measurable way. While I think that breakthrough is still relatively far away, we now…...
Roku launches open-source embedded Roku LT OS
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (403+ words) Roku, the company that makes TV boxes and sells ad space based on your usage patterns, has released its remote control operating system as open source " and by remote control I don't mean robot stuff or whatever, but actual remote…...
NVIDIA unveils RTX Spark chip for laptops and desktop PCs
1+ week, 1+ day ago (504+ words) It was an open secret that NVIDIA was working on an ARM-based system-on-a-chip for laptops and desktops, and today at Computex 2026 the company unveiled what it's been working on. It's surely a beast, and unsurprisingly, it's lathered in "AI" buzzwords....
DECmate II: the little PDP-8 that could
1+ week, 2+ day ago (254+ words) When Cameron Kaiser speaks, we listen. In 1982, as we mentioned at length with our history of the DEC Professional, Digital Equipment Corporation attempted to keep their PDP-11 minicomputer market-relevant by turning the venerable architecture into a largely incompatible desktop microcomputer....
The Nokia N8 has a brand new, modern, actively maintained, and regularly updated Symbian ROM
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (179+ words) This is absolutely amazing work. Clearly a labour of love, there's already been tons of updates over the past year since the ROM's initial release, and I obviously can't not install this on my own N8, assuming it still works. A…...
Microsoft claims it's fixing Windows Update so it won't downgrade your graphics drivers
3+ week, 3+ day ago (234+ words) One of the top pieces of customer feedback in the graphics driver area is clear: "Windows Update downgrades my drivers." Today, we are announcing a policy change to how display drivers are published through Windows Update " allowing 2-Part HWID + Computer…...
Google gives early peek at Android laptops: Googlebooks
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (551+ words) The news that Google is working to move Chrome OS to the Android technology stack, and that it wants to start putting Android on laptops, is not exactly news, as the company has been talking about it for years. At…...
The anti-minimalist backlash is the bigger story behind Oxygen's revival
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (642+ words) A few weeks ago, we talked about a project within KDE to revive two of their classic themes, Oxygen and Air, and polish them up to make them usable on the current versions of KDE. The developers and designers working…...
Sprite scaling on the Master System: building the new on the ruins of the old
4+ week, 1+ day ago (201+ words) Sprite scaling. It is the coolest effect of the 2 D arcade era, a must-have for games from Space Harrier to Real Bout Fatal Fury Special. Home consoles pretty much lacked it" sorry, Nintendo, but Mode 7 only scales a background, not…...