#operating systems

The end of an era as Linux 7.5 purges the last 30-year-old Intel MMX optimizations from Pentium age

Linux developers are preparing to make Intel’s ancient MultiMedia eXtensions irrelevant, with the last MMX code now set to be removed from the kernel.

Tom's Hardware · EN

Linux on the desktop marches on as GOG announces its Galaxy client is getting a revamp headed to Windows, macOS, and your distro of choice

I recommend openSUSE Tumbleweed, personally.

PC Gamer · EN

All that stands between a hacker and admin privileges on some Linux distros is a 257-character long string of literally anything

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Thankfully there's already a fix out.

PC Gamer · EN

Windows 11 8GB RAM configurations get a performance boost

Microsoft claims that it has made drastic improvements to the performance of Windows 11 while using 8GB of RAM.

Tom's Hardware · EN