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COSMIC 1.8 Desktop Environment Is Officially Out, Improves Touchscreen Support
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (301+ words) Linux hardware vendor System76 officially released COSMIC 1.8 today after being tagged yesterday as a “pre-release” version with no release notes, so here’s what’s new in this update. COSMIC 1.8 comes two weeks after COSMIC 1.7 as a hefty release that improves touchscreen support,…...
Bottles Brings Hope for Windows-only Software on ARM Devices
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (562+ words) It's been a while since I last wrote about Bottles. For anyone new to it, Bottles runs Windows software on Linux by hiding most of Wine's configuration work behind a straightforward interface. Its feature list has been growing consistently too....
PCMI Expands PresentNow with New Lite Menu Capabilities for Specialty F&I
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (198+ words) Sep 08, 2026, 07:00 ET Purpose-built for RV, Powersports, Personal Watercraft, and specialty vehicle sales, PresentNow connects accurate rating with a simpler digital F&I selling experience CHICAGO, Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- PCMI, a leading provider of administration software for the F&I product industry,…...
5 gaming distros that beat vanilla Windows on the same PC
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (17+ words) MakeUseOf This site can’t be reached...
Steam Machine Setup: Proton, NAS & Co-Op [2026]
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1114+ words) This tutorial assumes your Steam Machine is already unboxed, powered on, and past the initial SteamOS setup wizard (language, network, and Steam sign-in). If you haven’t reached that point yet, complete Valve’s first-boot flow before continuing here, since several steps…...
I turned Windows into a keyboard-first operating system with these 3 free tools
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COSMIC 1.7 Desktop Environment Improves COSMIC Files, COSMIC Edit, and More
2+ week, 4+ day ago (420+ words) Linux hardware vendor System76 released COSMIC 1.7 today as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, and Rust-based graphical desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems. Coming only a week after COSMIC 1.6, the COSMIC 1.7 release is a small update that updates the…...
PowerToys 0.101 lands with Window Hopper and a safer Insider channel – 4sysops
2+ week, 5+ day ago (26+ words) PowerToys 0.101 is now available as a stable release, turning the recent preview work—including a compact Command Palette —into an update users can install from...
COSMIC 1.6 Desktop Environment Released with More Improvements
3+ week, 4+ day ago (312+ words) Linux hardware vendor System76 released COSMIC 1.6 today as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, and Rust-based graphical desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems. Coming three weeks after COSMIC 1.5, the COSMIC 1.6 release adds support for the wl-dmabuf-v6 Wayland protocol for…...
A word, please: Introducing my new dumbed-down (and expensive) upgrade
3+ week, 4+ day ago (451+ words) I’m an ornery consumer. I resent the idea that I need to shell out for a newer, shinier version of a thing I already have that works fine. My last car was a prime example: I drove it for 16 years…...