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VLC Media Player's best hidden feature just got an update

VLC added the dark mode option in the previous 3.0.22 update, but today's 3.0.33 release has some additional improvements for ...

Want to try the original KDE desktop from 1996? I did, and it took me back - here's how

You can revisit the early days of Linux through MiDesktop, a modern fork of the original KDE 1. It's a must-try nostalgic experiment.

The 6 Linux distros I expect to rule 2026 - and why

Which Linux distributions will rise above the competition in 2026 to dethrone the old guard? These are my picks.
XDA Developers on MSN

I tried building a home lab with Hyper-V as a Proxmox user – here's how it went

Personally, I’m a staunch member of the Proxmox faction and wouldn’t trade it for anything else. But after falling down the ...

You don't need Linux to run free and open source software

For instance, we use Jeena's TextEd instead of Apple's text editor. For browsers, email, chat, productivity, writing, and so on, we use FOSS and freeware apps, and wherever possible, ones that also ...
theregister

Windows is testing a new, wider Run dialog box. Here’s how to try it

The Windows 11 Run dialog box is one of the oldest pieces of user interface still in use. It works just fine, but it has an aesthetic that harkens back to earlier versions of Microsoft’s operating ...
GitHub

SoftGPU: SW and HW accelerated driver for Windows 9x Virtual Machines

A) Virtual machine supporting Bochs VBE (Bochs, VirtualBox, Qemu) B) Virtual machine supporting VMware SVGA-II (VMware, VirtualBox, Qemu) C) Real or virtual machine with video adapter supporting VESA ...