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Brad Linder<p><strong>Kazeta is a Linux-based OS that turns PCs into game consoles</strong></p><p>PC gaming has been popular for decades, but there’s still something charming about classic game consoles that booted quickly, featured a minimal operating system, and let you play games by inserting a cartridge or disc.</p><p>Kazeta is a new Linux-based operating system that brings that kind of experience to modern PCs. Developed by the founder of ChimeraOS over the past six months, the operating […]</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/chimeraos/" target="_blank">#chimeraos</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/kazeta/" target="_blank">#kazeta</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/linux/" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/operating-systems/" target="_blank">#operatingSystems</a></p><p>Read more: <a href="https://liliputing.com/kazeta-is-a-linux-based-os-that-turns-pcs-into-game-consoles/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">liliputing.com/kazeta-is-a-lin</span><span class="invisible">ux-based-os-that-turns-pcs-into-game-consoles/</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Linux gaming OS Kazeta promises ‘console gaming experience of the 1990s’ for PC users — supports almost any DRM-free game, past or present - Kazeta promises to 'bring the console gaming experience of ... - <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-gaming-os-kazeta-promises-console-gaming-experience-of-the-1990s-for-pc-users-supports-almost-any-drm-free-game-past-or-present" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/software/linu</span><span class="invisible">x/linux-gaming-os-kazeta-promises-console-gaming-experience-of-the-1990s-for-pc-users-supports-almost-any-drm-free-game-past-or-present</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/operatingsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystems</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
Juno<p>Some thoughts on the past six months daily driving Alpine Linux and why I don't think I'll stay on it</p><p><a href="https://blog.jutty.dev/posts/half-an-year-on-alpine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.jutty.dev/posts/half-an-y</span><span class="invisible">ear-on-alpine/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/AlpineLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlpineLinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/VoidLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoidLinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OperatingSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OperatingSystems</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Register: AmiBrowser brings 21st century web to 20th century Amigas . “The new native 68K AmigaOS web browser leans on the machines’ underlying emulation system to offer modern facilities on a retro OS. Amibrowser from Amigakit tackles one of the requirements to use a 20th century retrocomputer in the world today: a modern browser.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/31/the-register-amibrowser-brings-21st-century-web-to-20th-century-amigas/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/31/the-register-amibrowser-brings-21st-century-web-to-20th-century-amigas/</a></p>
IT News<p>Microsoft swats down reports of SSD failures in Windows — company says recent update didn't cause storage failures - Microsoft says that the KB5063878 update did not cause the ... - <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-swats-down-reports-of-ssd-failures-in-windows-company-says-recent-update-didnt-cause-storage-failures" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/software/wind</span><span class="invisible">ows/microsoft-swats-down-reports-of-ssd-failures-in-windows-company-says-recent-update-didnt-cause-storage-failures</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/operatingsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystems</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a></p>
IT News<p>20-year-old ATI Radeon GPUs are still getting driver updates and extensions — old ATI Radeon R300 GPUs still getting Linux updates from the community - Two-decades old ATI Radeon R300 GPUs get updated Linux driv... - <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/20-year-old-ati-radeon-gpus-are-still-getting-driver-updates-and-extensions-old-ati-radeon-r300-gpus-still-getting-linux-updates-from-the-community" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/software/linu</span><span class="invisible">x/20-year-old-ati-radeon-gpus-are-still-getting-driver-updates-and-extensions-old-ati-radeon-r300-gpus-still-getting-linux-updates-from-the-community</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/operatingsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystems</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Windows 8.1 graphics get bit-crushed into working in 40-year-old EGA graphics mode — less than half-megapixel display mode is limited to 16 colors - Tech enthusiast gets Windows 8.1 to install on a system res... - <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-8-1-graphics-get-bit-crushed-into-working-in-40-year-old-ega-graphics-mode-less-than-half-megapixel-display-mode-is-limited-to-16-colors" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/software/wind</span><span class="invisible">ows/windows-8-1-graphics-get-bit-crushed-into-working-in-40-year-old-ega-graphics-mode-less-than-half-megapixel-display-mode-is-limited-to-16-colors</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/operatingsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystems</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a></p>
knoppix<p>“Update and shut down” — Windows 11: Nope, restart instead! 😂🔄</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Windows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows10</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a> <a 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target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iPadOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iPadOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OperatingSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OperatingSystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OperatingSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OperatingSystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" 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N-gated Hacker News<p>👶💾 Ah yes, the thrilling tale of 86-DOS: a young programmer's quest to create a "small" operating system that would eventually become the bug-riddled backbone of the PC world. 🎉🤦‍♂️ Brace yourselves for an epic journey from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QDOS</span></a> to MS-DOS, where the real innovation was selling it to Microsoft.<br><a href="https://nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com/p/birth-of-86-dos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com</span><span class="invisible">/p/birth-of-86-dos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/86DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>86DOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OperatingSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OperatingSystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProgrammingJourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProgrammingJourney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
hubertf<p>Interesting numbers of operating system usage over time:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29qnXTw0qr0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=29qnXTw0qr0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/operatingsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/datascience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datascience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Orphaned Linux drivers for floppy disks gets first patch of any significance in three years - cleanup effort implies floppies spared the axe for a few more years - Linux gets it first floppy disk driver patch in three years... - <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/orphaned-linux-drivers-for-floppy-disks-gets-first-patch-of-any-significance-in-three-years-cleanup-effort-implies-floppies-will-keep-spinning-for-a-few-more-years" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/software/linu</span><span class="invisible">x/orphaned-linux-drivers-for-floppy-disks-gets-first-patch-of-any-significance-in-three-years-cleanup-effort-implies-floppies-will-keep-spinning-for-a-few-more-years</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/operatingsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystems</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Linux is 34 years old today — Linus Torvalds meekly announced this free new OS in the comp.os.minix newsgroup on this day in 1991 - On this day 34 years ago, an unknown computer science stude... - <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-is-34-years-old-today-linus-torvalds-meekly-announced-this-free-new-os-in-the-comp-os-minix-newsgroup-on-this-day-in-1991" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/software/linu</span><span class="invisible">x/linux-is-34-years-old-today-linus-torvalds-meekly-announced-this-free-new-os-in-the-comp-os-minix-newsgroup-on-this-day-in-1991</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/operatingsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystems</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
dirk dierickx<p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a> 1995 - <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> releases <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> 95. This is the first consumer Windows version that does not require <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/msdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>msdos</span></a> pre-installed. New features include integrated TCP/IP stack, dial-up networking, and long filenames. The software comprises over 11 million lines of code. The publicity campaign has a budget of $250 million, the biggest marketing extravaganza for a consumer product ever. First day sales total about 300,000 copies.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/13bs7oz4wp8?si=VEL4OIPbcUmTFytG" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/13bs7oz4wp8?si=VEL4OI</span><span class="invisible">PbcUmTFytG</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/operatingsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Microsoft's Windows 95 release was 30 years ago today, the first time software was a pop culture smash - Microsoft’s momentous Windows 95 operating system became av... - <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsofts-windows-95-release-was-30-years-ago-today-the-first-time-software-was-a-pop-culture-smash" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/software/wind</span><span class="invisible">ows/microsofts-windows-95-release-was-30-years-ago-today-the-first-time-software-was-a-pop-culture-smash</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/operatingsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystems</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Arch Linux continues to feel the force of a DDoS attack after two brutal weeks — attackers yet to be identified as project struggles to restore full service - The Arch Linux project team are working to mitigate the imp... - <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/arch-linux-continues-to-feel-the-force-of-a-ddos-attack-after-two-brutal-weeks-attackers-yet-to-be-identified-as-project-struggles-to-restore-full-service" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/software/linu</span><span class="invisible">x/arch-linux-continues-to-feel-the-force-of-a-ddos-attack-after-two-brutal-weeks-attackers-yet-to-be-identified-as-project-struggles-to-restore-full-service</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/operatingsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystems</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>