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The operating system Microsoft definitely did not make. An interactive parody of Windows 11, Microsoft 365, Copilot, updates, ads, and subscriptions.

530 points•jjbinx007•2 days ago•177 comments•
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217 points•doubletwoyou•9 days ago•45 comments•
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WSL-style Linux machines for Linux hosts.

161 points•bketelsen•1 day ago•101 comments•
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155 points•tybulewicz•7 days ago•100 comments•
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I am quite disappointed at how Windows Usability has been going backwards and the program management groups don't drive usability issues.

151 points•nrposner•2 days ago•30 comments
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There is an odd bug in Windows related to Video CDs . To reproduce it: Insert a Video CD (if you don't have one, you can download this fi...

125 points•ClydeN•4 days ago•44 comments•
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I regretted installing Win11 from the very start. It seemed slow, buggy, and lacked some Win10 features I liked and used. What, I can't put a taskbar where I like it (on the left side of the screen)? Why is File…

46 points•abnercoimbre•8 months ago•58 comments
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43 points•jmmv•over 3 years ago•23 comments
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The main homepage for ForensicDbg - your new modern crash debugger!

37 points•Loren_SL•7 days ago•7 comments•
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Classic GTK1 GUI Library for Windows, Linux and MacOS.

33 points•mpweiher•about 1 year ago•9 comments
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ReactOS is a free, opensource reimplementation of windows

27 points•raymii•almost 5 years ago•2 comments
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<p>Context: I'm the author of the Rust patch</p>

25 points•ChrisDenton•over 2 years ago•21 comments
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13 points•eu•over 10 years ago•0 comments
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Another European company has had enough of USTrump-dominated technology companies and is switching to Linux and open-source software.

9 points•CrankyBear•1 day ago•0 comments•
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There&#039;s a DLL in the system directory called MSVCRT.DLL, and from its name, you might think that it is the Microsoft Visual C/C++ Run-Time library. That

9 points•calvin•about 5 years ago•4 comments
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6 points•xeonmc•8 days ago•1 comment•
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This short blog post is about abusing a privilege escalation bug that Microsoft recently fixed in...

6 points•ni5arga•9 days ago•0 comments
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6 points•3371•13 days ago•1 comment•
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Minimal per-app window switcher for macOS (hold option, tap tab) - voising/riffle

5 points•voising•about 10 hours ago•1 comment•
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The Dutch government is building DAWO, a NixOS based replacement for Windows and Office, following similar moves already underway in France and Denmark.

5 points•taubek•1 day ago•2 comments•
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Side-Channel Leakage from the File-Notification System on Linux, Android, Windows, and macOS. Accepted at The ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), November 15-19, 2026 — The Hague, Netherlands…

5 points•iamnothere•6 days ago•1 comment•
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Security researchers report that Microsoft considers the side-channel leak of file events to be by design

5 points•DemiGuru•6 days ago•0 comments•
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Every Windows sound Microsoft ever made (this includes OEM sound schemes like the Windows Vista Ultimate Extras sound schemes) - MCPlayer2015/all-windows-sounds

4 points•gitowiec•about 15 hours ago•0 comments•
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Docker on Windows without Docker Desktop or WSL: a standalone container manager with its own tiny Linux machine. 4x less memory, local HTTPS for every container, no telemetry. - v94lere/solon

4 points•v94lere•5 days ago•0 comments•
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4 points•cl91•8 days ago•0 comments•
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Use Omarchy Linux on Windows without any hassle. Contribute to omacom/try-omarchy-windows development by creating an account on GitHub.

4 points•tsouth2•10 days ago•3 comments•
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4 points•calvin•almost 9 years ago•0 comments
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Learn more about what's new in Windows 11, version 26H2, including servicing updates.

3 points•quyleanh•about 19 hours ago•0 comments•
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3 points•speckx•2 days ago•0 comments•
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Mišo Oroz shares how he migrated a small transport and logistics company in,Bergamo, Italy to Linux and open source to reduce cost and ordinary technical problems.

3 points•speckx•5 days ago•0 comments•
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ProRDP is the only Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server built natively for macOS and accelerated by Apple silicon.

2 points•acrawfis•about 8 hours ago•0 comments•
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Windows desktop voice dictation app that types transcribed text directly into whatever app you are focused in. Local/offline speech-to-text via faster-whisper, no cloud API. - ahmedhmam1994/voxscri...

2 points•ahmedibrahim199•about 15 hours ago•0 comments•
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Kirk highlighted NT's object-based design for consistent management of resources like processes and files, with built-in security and auditing that she sees as superior to Linux's layered mechanisms such as UIDs,…

2 points•soltanov•1 day ago•1 comment•
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No it will not be contributed to NT for Apple Silicon Project because they do not support the use of AI to accelerate reverse engineering efforts. We had an agreement between projects to not talk about AI use further…

2 points•xlmnxp•3 days ago•2 comments•
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Windows UI Automation extension of arc-cua: a fast, JEV-powered decision loop for desktop computer-use agents - VBS2004/jev-windows-agent

2 points•VBS2004•4 days ago•0 comments•
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A fast, lightweight WhatsApp app for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

2 points•earcar•6 days ago•3 comments•
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fork of http://www.ninjacrab.com/persistent-windows/ with windows 10 update - kangyu-california/PersistentWindows

2 points•xgdgsc•7 days ago•1 comment•
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Build macOS, Windows, and Linux desktop apps in JavaScript: txiki.js backend, native webview window, ~6 MB shipped. No Electron. No ports.

2 points•josephscott•8 days ago•0 comments•
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Tinycc-cygwin is built as a native Windows compiler, but it generates code for cygwin1.dll. - Muras69/tinycc-cygwin

2 points•Muras•9 days ago•0 comments•
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2 points•mchilson•10 days ago•0 comments•
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Two Windows recovery and deployment DLLs have shipped Rust since the first 24H2 build and are now 96 percent Rust by the linker's own accounting. A census of 13,988 live files and 44,889 more in the component store on…

2 points•10000000001•10 days ago•0 comments•
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Rendifly Manager is a Windows application that helps you understand, control, and optimize your PC from a single location. / Rendifly Manager es una aplicación para Windows que te ayuda a entender...

2 points•rendifly•11 days ago•1 comment•
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Windows powers how people around the world work, learn, create, and connect every day. Today, we're announcing the availability of the Windows 11 2026 Update, also known as Windows 11, version 26H2. Built on the same…

1 points•soltanov•about 20 hours ago•1 comment•
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The CrowdStrike outage explained: a Falcon update read a 21st field from a 20-value array in a Windows kernel driver and crashed 8.5 million PCs.

1 points•axrisi•1 day ago•0 comments
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Example AI helpdesk agent built on the Phaze Enterprise API and Phaze MCP: fixes computers from Slack requests, with human handoff and handback. - boxerbk/phaze-mcp-api-helpdesk-example

1 points•boxerbk•1 day ago•0 comments•
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Ex-Microsoft reverse engineer Laurie Kirk says Windows NT&#039;s kernel beats Linux on security design, and AI agents are her strongest case.

1 points•redbell•1 day ago•1 comment•
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Free, open-source disk space analyzer for Windows, macOS and Linux. Scan millions of files in seconds. Built with Rust + Tauri.

1 points•hansjoerghofer•1 day ago•0 comments•
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1 points•rbmm•2 days ago•2 comments•
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Convert PS5 executables to run natively on Linux and Windows - boykopovar/AnyPS5

1 points•eoanermine•3 days ago•0 comments•
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Automate the setup and configuration of your Windows development environment. - microsoft/WindowsDeveloperConfig

1 points•wontoncc•3 days ago•0 comments•
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Ex-Microsoft reverse engineer Laurie Kirk says Windows NT&#039;s kernel beats Linux on security design, and AI agents are her strongest case.

1 points•indigodaddy•4 days ago•0 comments•

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