Windows 95 didn’t detect installers, it ‘guessed’ based on the file name, says veteran dev — it simply checked for words like setup, install, inst, or localized equivalents

The full match list ran to six terms: setup, install, inst, imposta, ayarla, and felrak.

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Companies are now using automatic Windows installers to display Adware through the Microsoft Store when you install new hardware — customer immediately gets McAfee ads on their PC after connecting new LG monitor; here’s how to block the new ads

LG monitors apparently auto-install an app on your PC when you first connect them, all thanks to the Microsoft Store.

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Dev ports Linux to Atari’s notorious Jaguar console from 1993 — the first 64-bit console features 2MB of RAM, 13.3 MHz CPU, and Tom and Jerry co-processors; the Jag was notoriously difficult to program and flopped
 Dev ports Linux to Atari’s notorious Jaguar console from 1993 — the first 64-bit console features 2MB of RAM, 13.3 MHz CPU, and Tom and Jerry co-processors; the Jag was notoriously difficult to program and flopped

A developer has ported Linux to the Atari Jaguar console. To succeed at the task, they had to overcome severe memory limits, the lack of an MMU, and face off against a handful of unusual hardware quirks.

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Unix copyright code infringement lawsuit is back from the dead — IBM still under fire from Xinuos over 2003-era bytes
 Unix copyright code infringement lawsuit is back from the dead — IBM still under fire from Xinuos over 2003-era bytes

Unix copyright code infringement back from the dead — IBM is still under fire from Xinuos about 2003-era bytes, with a hearing as recent as June 22.

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Hannah Montana Linux gets modern remaster after nearly two decades — ‘Sweet niblets,’ new v26 is built on Debian with a re-skin of KDE Plasma
 Hannah Montana Linux gets modern remaster after nearly two decades — ‘Sweet niblets,’ new v26 is built on Debian with a re-skin of KDE Plasma

Say whaaaat? Hannah Montana Linux is back. Basically abandonware since 2009, the distro has returned with a modern kernel and about 18 years worth of patches.

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Don’t Wait for iOS 27, You Should Download iOS 26.5.2 Now for These Security Fixes

Anthropic’s AI model Claude helped find one vulnerability this update patches.

RAM crisis provokes enthusiast to try Windows 11 on DDR1-era hardware — other key vintage components included the Core 2 Q6600 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

Enthusiast demos Microsoft’s newest OS running ‘completely stable’ on a Core 2 Quad Q6600, using a DDR1 motherboard, supported by an ATi Radeon HD 4650 AGP graphics card.

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Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates for a second year — program now ends on October 12, 2027

Microsoft has extended its free consumer Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program by a year, pushing the cutoff for critical security patches to October 14th, 2027.

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Enthusiast hacks Valve’s AMD-first gaming OS to run on Intel hardware — SteamOS boots on Intel Arc B580 desktop GPU, but it takes a Radeon card, installer workaround, and Resizable BAR fix

A Reddit user has shown SteamOS running on an Intel Arc B580 desktop GPU, but the early proof of concept required a Radeon-assisted install workaround and Resizable BAR to recover performance.
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Microsoft is reportedly testing Copilot+ AI features with discrete GPUs instead of NPUs — a feature available on Windows App SDK with a Windows Insider Experimental Channel build and Developer Mode turned on

Microsoft is experimenting with Windows AI features on non-Copilot devices, finally allowing AI features to run on discrete GPUs. This move expands its user base and gives more users access to Windows 11 local AI capabilit…

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