Hacker News with Generative AI: Operating Systems

SteamOS Destroys Windows (pointieststick.com)
With the release of the Lenovo Legion Go S gaming handheld, we’ve now got a real apples-to-apples comparison of how Windows 11 fares against Linux (specifically, SteamOS with KDE Plasma) on the same 1st-party supported OEM hardware in a gaming context. And the results are pretty devastating for Windows in terms of performance and battery life — according to even windowscentral.com!
End of 10 (endof10.org)
Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025.
Awesome Emacs on macOS (xenodium.com)
While GNU/Linux had been my operating system of choice for many years, these days I'm primarily on macOS. Lucky for me, I spend most of my time in Emacs itself (or a web browser), making the switch between operating systems a relatively painless task.
EXT4 for Linux 6.16 Brings a Change Yielding "Stupendous Performance" (phoronix.com)
EXT4 For Linux 6.16 Brings A Change Yielding "Really Stupendous Performance"
Linux from Scratch (linuxfromscratch.org)
Copyright © 1999-2025 Gerard Beekmans
Misconceptions about the Unix Philosophy (posixcafe.org)
I recently had a discussion with a friend of mine about some talking points that Jonathan Blow made regarding the "UNIX Philosophy" during his interview on Oxide's On The Metal podcast.
10biForthOS: A full 8086 OS in 46 bytes (git.sr.ht)
Vrs: Personal Software Runtime inspired by Emacs, Plan 9, Erlang, Hypermedia (github.com/leoshimo)
In the multiverse, you can live up to your ultimate potential. We discovered a way to temporarily link your consciousness to another version of yourself, accessing all of their memories and skills.
SteamOS 3.7.8 Brings Official Support to Non-Steam Deck Devices (boilingsteam.com)
SteamOS 3.7.8 was just released a couple of days ago and it comes with a long list of updates. One of the most important developments is the official support of Non-Steam Deck devices.
Still booting after all these years: The people using ancient Windows computers (bbc.com)
CTRL+ALT+DEL, but make it forever. As technology marches on, some people get trapped using decades-old software and devices. Here's a look inside the strange, stubborn world of obsolete Windows machines.
Linux Cgroup from First Principles (fzakaria.com)
After having spent the better part of 2 weeks learning Linux’s cgroup (control group) concept, I thought I better write this down for the next brave soul.
SteamOS seems to destroy Windows 11 on gaming performance and battery life (windowscentral.com)
Demoting i686-PC-windows-gnu to Tier 2 (rust-lang.org)
In Rust 1.88.0, the Tier 1 target i686-pc-windows-gnu will be demoted to Tier 2.
Linux 6.15 Released with Continued Rust Integration, Bcachefs Stabilizing (phoronix.com)
As anticipated the Linux 6.15 kernel is out today in stable form. Linux 6.15 brings a lot of new hardware support, security improvements, various other kernel innovations, and more.
Btrfs to See More Performance Improvements with Linux 6.16 (phoronix.com)
Ahead of the Linux 6.16 merge window opening, several early pull requests were already sent out this week in advance of Linux 6.15 expected for release later today.
Ask HN: What are the most underrated tools you use regularly? (ycombinator.com)
Qubes OS, a security-oriented OS with fewer vulnerabilities than in Xen thanks to a clever design and reliance on hardware-assisted virtualization: https://www.qubes-os.org/security/xsa/#statistics
ReactOS, an Open Source Take on Windows (thenewstack.io)
What would a Microsoft engineer do to Ubuntu? (theregister.com)
AnduinOS, a one-man project from a Chinese Microsoft engineer, is quite a new Ubuntu remix that reshapes GNOME in the image of Windows 11.
Windows Was the Problem All Along [video] (youtube.com)
FreeBSD: The Report of My Death Was an Exaggeration (freebsdfoundation.org)
I’ve been here at The Foundation for about three months now. During that time, I’ve had a few conversations with businesses using FreeBSD, and interested in using FreeBSD. On more than one occasion, a statement has cropped up that’s made me raise my eyebrows — because it’s not something I see, or even feel. That statement is “isn’t FreeBSD dying?” Wait! What? Why would you even think that?
Microsoft will stop accepting new third-party print drivers in Windows (2023) (arstechnica.com)
It's the beginning of the end for third-party printer drivers in Windows, according to a support document the company released earlier this month.
SteamOS now released officially for any device (steampowered.com)
TCP/IP on Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in 2025 under QEMU (uninformativ.de)
Just taking some notes here, so I won't forget. And it's always nice to see that old GUI, hence the large amount of screenshots.
Show HN: DaedalOS – Desktop Environment in the Browser (github.com/DustinBrett)
GrapheneOS: Where Licenses Matter More Than People (mataroa.blog)
The length of file names in early Unix (utoronto.ca)
If you use Unix today, you can enjoy relatively long file names on more or less any filesystem that you care to name. But it wasn't always this way.
Rust Coreutils 0.1.0 Release (github.com/uutils)
We are excited to announce the release of Rust Coreutils 0.1.0 — our first 0.1 milestone! This release brings major performance gains, SELinux support, and expanded GNU compatibility.
20 years of NetBSD code bloat (blogspot.com)
I started with NetBSD in the mid-nineties, on a Sun SPARC ELC with 32Mbyte of memory, where I used GCC and Emacs on X11 with FVWM as the window manager. I'm still using GCC, Emacs, and FVWM with the same configuration files (updated for pointless changes in Emacs and FVWM), but I now need much more memory and CPU performance... I thought it would be interesting to investigate why.
How to Install Windows NT 4 Server on Proxmox (pipetogrep.org)
Windows NT 4 doesn't virtualise well. This guide shows how to do it with Proxmox with a minimal amount of pain.
The Next-Gen Mainboard Designed with AmigaOS4 and MorphOS in Mind (vitasys.nl)
A community driven, fast and affordable mainboard is coming!