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  • Win 10 Only Has A Year of Support Left

    Win 10 Only Has A Year of Support Left

    Windows 10 only has a year of support: 12 months left to keep Copilot off your desktop or learn Linux! Have you been putting off upgrading to Windows 11 ever since it launched? If you want your rig to be as secure as possible, you don’t have long left until you pretty much have to. Read more

  • PyTorch 2.5 Improved Intel GPU Support

    PyTorch 2.5 Improved Intel GPU Support

    PyTorch 2.5 is out today as the latest major update to this widely-used machine learning library. PyTorch 2.5 improves its Intel GPU support for both client and data center graphics products. PyTorch 2.5 now has initial support for Intel client GPUs on Windows but also enhances the existing PyTorch Intel Linux graphics support too. Some Read more

  • New Malware helps steal money from ATMs

    New Malware helps steal money from ATMs

    North Korean hackers are using a new Linux variant of the FASTCash malware to infect the payment switch systems of financial institutions and perform unauthorized cash withdrawals. Previous variants of FASTCash targeted Windows and IBM AIX (Unix) systems, but a new report by security researcher HaxRob reveals a previously undetected Linux version that targets Ubuntu Read more

  • Why Linux Is the Best Place to Learn Coding

    Why Linux Is the Best Place to Learn Coding

    If you’ve dreamed of learning to code, you may wonder how to start. Linux might be the best OS to start your programming journey in. You’ll be in good company for learning how to program how professionals do. Here are several reasons why what’s good for them is good for you as a new programmer. Read more

  • Open Source Productivity Tools

    Open Source Productivity Tools

    The best open-source productivity software: Free tools to boost your workflow. When it comes to getting things done, productivity software is crucial. But high-quality tools often come with a steep price tag—unless you explore the world of open-source software. Open-source productivity apps offer many of the same features as their commercial counterparts, but for free. Read more

  • Switching Linux to BSD because boring is Good

    Switching Linux to BSD because boring is Good

    One of Stefano Marinelli’s NetBSD boxes sat quietly serving for a decade, because everyone forgot about it. This is how Unix is meant to be. After this year’s Open Source Summit in Vienna, the Reg FOSS desk travelled to Dublin for the 2024 EuroBSDCon. One of the talks at the event was from the man who built that Read more