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Debian demands Rust or rust in peace for legacy ports

RISC, m68k, SH4 face the chop in 2026 Debian's APT package manager will have a "hard requirement" on Rust from May 2026. This ...

I tested 3 Snapdragon X Windows laptops this year - and found 3 big issues

Also: Microsoft said my PC couldn't run Windows 11, but I upgraded in 5 minutes anyway - here's how. Since then, I've acquired two more PCs that have Arm-based processors instead ...
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Computer makers seek to banish boot-up blues

Mindful of how frustrating the wait is, makers of PCs' basic input/output systems (BIOS) are working on bringing instant-on computing closer to reality with promises of significan ...
PC Gamer

Lone developer shrinks Window 7 down to 69 MB, claims 'virtually nothing can run' but that it does actually boot

Remember when the prevailing wisdom of consumer tech was 'smaller is better'? And then it turned out there was such a thing as too small, as we kept losing our toasty-but-tiny-tech? Confronted with ...