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Urgent Patch Alert: Windows VHD Bug CVE-2025-54112 Enables Full System Compromise
A single booby-trapped VHD file is all an attacker needs to jump from limited user to complete Windows server or workstation control. That’s the reality behind CVE-2025-54112, the latest...
Microsoft Made Windows Terminal the Default in Windows 11: Here’s How It Boosts Productivity with Tabs, Panes, and WSL
When Microsoft shipped Windows 11 22H2, it retired an era of monochrome monotasking by making Windows Terminal the default command-line experience. The move wasn't cosmetic—it replaced the...
Microsoft's New Edit CLI Tool Fuels Terminal-First Writing Revolution
A Windows Central writer recently made a striking claim: they compose everything inside a terminal—no floating toolbars, no Ribbon, just text and keyboard muscle memory. That declaration has...
Ollama on WSL Delivers Identical GPU Performance to Native Windows 11, Tests Confirm
Real-world testing shows that running Ollama’s local LLM inference on Windows 11 through the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) yields virtually the same GPU throughput as the native Windows app,...
How to Move From Windows to Linux Without the Risks: 4 Expert-Backed Steps
The clock is ticking on Windows 10, with support set to end in October 2025. For millions of PC owners facing a forced upgrade to Windows 11 or an uncertain future on an unsupported OS, the...
Fed Up with Windows 11 Tracking? Here's How to Safely Install Linux Alongside It
The persistent telemetry, preinstalled bloat, and intrusive data collection in Windows 11 have pushed a growing number of users to consider Linux as a daily driver. But abandoning Windows entirely is...
WSL 2 and WSLg Turn Windows 11 into a Linux Power User's Dream
The days of juggling dual-boot partitions or sluggish virtual machines to get a usable Linux environment on Windows are over. With WSL 2 and the recent addition of WSLg for GUI app support, Windows...
Windows Terminal Preview 1.23 Rewrites Windowing Architecture, Expands Settings UI, and Tightens Clipboard Security
The Windows Terminal Preview 1.23 release marks the most ambitious engineering overhaul in the application's history, replacing its entire multi-window coordination model with a unified system...
Windows Terminal’s New Windowing Engine Overhauls Reliability, Adds Oklab Color Scheme and Enterprise Controls
Microsoft has shipped what may be the most consequential update to Windows Terminal since its inception, replacing the core windowing architecture that has quietly frustrated power users for years....
Canonical Ships Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS with Linux 6.14, Unlocking 2025 Hardware Support
Canonical released Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS in early August 2025, bringing a backported Linux 6.14 kernel and Mesa 25.0 graphics stack to the Noble Numbat long-term support series. The point release...
Elon Musk's Macrohard Plans to Simulate Microsoft Using Autonomous AI Agents
Elon Musk announced on August 22, 2025, that he is launching a “purely AI software company” named Macrohard—a cheeky but calculated move targeting Microsoft directly. The announcement, made on...
Zed’s GPU-Accelerated Windows Port Stalls as Native Rendering Multiplies Cross-Platform Complexity
Zed’s promise of a blazing-fast, GPU-accelerated code editor is colliding with the harsh realities of cross-platform development on Windows. The team behind the Rust-based editor confirmed this...