California’s age verification law is proving controversial — here’s what you need to know, and why some Linux distros are in the firing line

The legislation might prove to be a real headache for some Linux distros.

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Microsoft gets heavy-handed on Copilot Discord server, reportedly blocking ‘Microslop’ posts and heading down a dangerous path

‘Microslop’ posts are blocked on Copilot Discord server as Windows 11 AI backlash takes another unfortunate turn.

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Has the death of Windows 10 finally begun? Windows 11’s popularity is suddenly skyrocketing

It’s finally happening: Windows 11 appears to be shoving Windows 10 firmly aside.

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Windows 11 continues gaining traction, nears 75% market share — Windows 10 finally on the way out, some five months after Microsoft axes support

Windows 11 finally breaks 70% market share, five months after Microsoft ended support for Windows 10.

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Amiga Workbench Simulator helps you pick your ultimate retro desktop — TAWS recently updated with refinements to OS 3.2, AmiBench presets

TAWS – The Amiga Workbench Simulation has been updated with refinements to Workbench 3.2, AmiBench, and more.

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California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup

The law’s broad definition of an “operating system provider” pulls in not just Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, but Linux distributions and Valve’s SteamOS.
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Developer’s 1994 Linux desktop recreation runs in your browser as a modern web app — open-source project brings old-school CDE interface back from the dead and features classic 90s web browser, text editor, and more

A new GitHub project has resurrected the 1994 Linux experience with this Debian clone in your browser, a pixel-for-pixel recreation of the original Common Desktop Environment that early Unix system users will be familiar w…

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‘So big, it’s basically a Start screen again’: Windows 11’s new Start menu is getting some hate — and triggering Windows 8 flashbacks

Windows 11’s new Start menu is proving seriously divisive – some feel it’s huge and badly designed, but there are fans too.
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Microsoft’s planned new AI trick for Edge will ‘automatically open the Copilot side pane’ with Outlook email links — and I can feel the hate already

Microsoft is looking to bring a new AI trick to Edge — and I’m betting most of the browser’s users will hate it.

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‘Windows 11 is far from perfect’: Microsoft just released an update I actually want to install — and you should too

Microsoft is forcing another Windows 11 update on us, but this one is actually worth installing

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