Operating Systems Stories for 2015

List of Major Linux Desktop Problems Updated For 2016 349
Microsoft CMO Confirms Development of 'Spiritual Equivalent' of Surface Phone 165
Ubuntu User Count Pegged At Over One Billion 165
VLC Launches On Chrome OS Thanks To Android Port 44
Ubuntu 16.04 Will Not Send Local Searches Over the Web By Default 102
Elementary OS 0.3.2 "Freya" Released 86
Mozilla Will Stop Developing and Selling Firefox OS Smartphones 174
Microsoft Will Resume Pushing Windows 10 To Machines With Win7, 8.1 665
Linux Mint 17.3 Officially Released 109
DragonFlyBSD 4.4 Switches To the Gold Linker By Default 26
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Will Ship With Linux Kernel 4.4 LTS 101
Happy 30th Birthday, Windows! 249
Jolla Goes For Debt Restructuring 46
Microsoft's Plan To Port Android Apps To Windows Proves Too Complex 131
Linux 4.4 Kernel To Bring Raspberry Pi Graphics Driver, Open-Channel SSD Support 67
Microsoft Rolls Out Major Fall Update To Windows 10 181
SteamOS Gaming Performance Lags Well Behind Windows 184
OpenSUSE Leap 42.1 Released 31
Fedora 23 Released 57
Andrew Tanenbaum Announces MINIXcon 104
The Return of OS/2 Warp Set For 2016 262
Linux 4.3 Released As Stable; Improves On Open-Source Graphics, SMP Performance 73
GNU Hurd 0.7 and GNU Mach 1.6 Released 129
Twitch Viewers Will Try To Collaboratively Install Arch Linux 103
Ask Slashdot: Innovative Operating Systems/Distros In 2015? 206
Report: Google To Fold Chrome OS Into Android 104
Ubuntu 15.10 'Wily Werewolf' Released 191
Celebrating 20 Years of OpenBSD With Release 5.8 158
Fedora 23 Final May Release As Planned On October 27 65
NetBSD 7.0 Released 58
Debian Dropping Linux Standard Base 220
Microsoft Claims 110M Devices Now Run Windows 10 171
Porsche Chooses Apple Over Google Because Google Wants Too Much Data 423
Matthew Garrett Forks the Linux Kernel 688
From Microsoft, HoloLens VR Dev Kit, New Phones, Continuum 88
OpenIndiana Hipster 2015.10: Keeping an Open-Source Solaris Going 149
Motorola Marketed the Moto E 2015 On Promise of Updates, Stops After 219 Days 123
Microsoft Has Built a Linux Distro 282
Microsoft Is Downloading Windows 10 Without Asking 867
Windows 10 Grabs 5.21% Market Share, Passing Windows Vista and Windows 8 246
The Long Reach of Windows 95 354
Linux Kernel 4.2 Released 142
A FreeBSD "Spork" With Touches of NeXT and OS X: NeXTBSD 165
Ubuntu Is the Dominant Cloud OS 167
Since-Pulled Cyanogen Update For Oneplus Changes Default Home Page To Bing 87
Happy Birthday, Linux! An OS At 24 152
Windows 95 Turns 20 284
Ubuntu Core Gets Support For Raspberry Pi 2 GPIO and I2C 59
Linus Torvalds Isn't Looking 10 Years Ahead For Linux and That's OK 108
Debian Founder: How I Came To Find Linux 136
Windows Memory Manager To Introduce Compression 231
FreeBSD 10.2 Released 103
How Microsoft Built, and Is Still Building, Windows 10 193
Ubuntu Phones Now Available Worldwide (On Some Networks) 45
Kali Linux 2.0 Released 109
Microsoft Releases Windows 10 IoT Core For Small, Embedded Devices 123
Windows 10, From a Linux User's Perspective 321
Windows 10 RSAT, Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 Coming This Month 26
Windows 10's Privacy Policy: the New Normal? 515
Israeli Security Company Builds "Unhackable" Version of Windows 253
Samsung Woos Developers As It Eyes Tizen Expansion Beyond Smartphones 80
Ask Slashdot: Can You Disable Windows 10's Privacy-Invading Features? 492
Windows 10 Upgrade Strategies, Pitfalls and Fixes As MSFT Servers Are Hit Hard 187
A Naysayer's Take On Windows 10: Potential Privacy Mess, and Worse 485
Windows 10 Launches 317
Debian Drops SPARC Platform Support 152
HardenedBSD Completes Strong ASLR Implementation 66
KDE Community Announces Fully Open Source Plasma Mobile 44
A Month With a Ubuntu Phone 118
Ask Slashdot: How Often Do You Update Your OS? 319
Haiku OS Will Get New Service Manager 93
Windows 10 Home Updates To Be Automatic and Mandatory 628
Lenovo Will Sell Ubuntu Laptops In India 77
Jolla Spins Off Hardware Business 44
First Windows 10 RTM Candidate Appears 189
Ask Slashdot: If You Could Assemble a "FrankenOS" What Parts Would You Use? 484
People Are Obtaining Windows 7 Licenses For the Free Windows 10 Upgrade 172
First Fedora Image For the MIPS Available For Testing 28
New Leaked Build Is Evidence That Windows 10 Will Be Ready By July 29 302
Linux 4.1 Kernel Released With EXT4 Encryption, Performance Improvements 116
The Unintended Consequences of Free Windows 10 For Everyone 277
Windows 10 Will Be Free To Users Who Test It 281
Linus Torvalds Says Linux Can Move On Without Him 323
Ask Slashdot: A Development Environment Still Usable In 25 Years Time? 257
Debian GNU/Linux 8.1 (Jessie) Officially Released 128
Microsoft To Release Low-Cost Windows 10 With Bing Branding 133
Linux Kernel 4.1 Will Be an LTS Release 46
Windows 10 RTM In 6 Weeks 290
Mozilla Drops $25 Smartphone Plans, Will Focus On Higher Quality Devices 90
Google Developing 'Brillo' OS For Internet of Things 227
25 Years Today - Windows 3.0 387
Huawei's LiteOS Internet of Things Operating System Is a Minuscule 10KB 175
The Auto Industry May Mimic the 1980s PC Industry 287
First Smart TVs Powered By Firefox OS On Sale In Europe, Worldwide Soon 119
KDE Plasma 5 Becomes the Default Desktop of OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 60
How Windows 10 Performs On a 12-inch MacBook 241
MenuetOS, an Operating System Written Entirely In Assembly, Hits 1.0 368
Linux Mint Will Continue To Provide Both Systemd and Upstart 347
Why Was Linux the Kernel That Succeeded? 469
Google Can't Ignore the Android Update Problem Any Longer 434
Accessibility In Linux Is Good (But Could Be Much Better) 65
Android and iOS App Porting Will Not Be Available At Windows 10 Launch 51
Debian GNU/Hurd 2015 Released 52
OpenBSD 5.7 Released 80
China's Tencent Launches Smart Hardware OS To Rival Alibaba 22
Alibaba Looks To Rural China To Popularize Its Mobile OS 20
Ubuntu 15.04 Released, First Version To Feature systemd 494
GNU Hurd 0.6 Released 229
Cyanogen Partners With Microsoft To Replace Google Apps 179
Linux Getting Extensive x86 Assembly Code Refresh 209
First Alpha of Public Sector Linux Deployment System 84
Google Lollipop Bricking Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 Devices 179
Windows 10 Successor Codenamed 'Redstone,' Targeting 2016 Launch 197
Forking Away: OnePlus Introduces Android-Based OxygenOS 38
Second Technical Preview of Windows Server 2016 Arriving This Spring 34
For Boot Camp Users, New Macs Require Windows 8 Or Newer 209
OEMs Allowed To Lock Secure Boot In Windows 10 Computers 362
Ask Slashdot: Choosing a Laptop To Support Physics Research? 385
Microsoft Offers Pirates Amnesty and Free Windows 10 Upgrades 322
Windows 10 Enables Switching Between Desktop and Tablet Modes 240
Linux Might Need To Claim Only ACPI 2.0 Support For BIOS 129
Google Announces Android 5.1 172
Google Introduces Freon, a Replacement For X11 On Chrome OS 166
Ubuntu To Officially Switch To systemd Next Monday 765
Why We Should Stop Hiding File-Name Extensions 564
Jolla Partners With SSH To Create Sailfish Secure 30
Who's Afraid of Android Fragmentation? 136
The State of Linux Gaming In the SteamOS Era 199
Linux Kernel Switching To Linux v4.0, Coming With Many New Addons 264
Apple Will Let Users Test iOS Beta Versions For the First Time 54
Microsoft's First Azure Hosted Service Is Powered By Linux 66
PC-BSD: Set For Serious Growth? 393
Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Preview For Phones 85
Torvalds Polls Desire for Linux's Next Major Version Bump 199
Live Patching Now Available For Linux 117
Is Modern Linux Becoming Too Complex? 716
The First Ubuntu Phone Is Here, With Underwhelming Hardware 177
Kickstarted Firefox OS HDMI Dongle Delayed, DRM Support Being Added 106
Linux Mint Debian Edition 2 Will Be Rolling-Release 48
CrunchBang Linux Halts Development 129
Automakers Move Toward OTA Software Upgrades 157
Greg KH Favors Rolling Release Distros 175
Google Quietly Unveils Android 5.1 Lollipop 167
New Multi-Core Raspberry Pi 2 Launches 355
How, and Why, Apple Overtook Microsoft 458
Wi-Fi Issues Continue For OS X Users Despite Updates 120
Windows 10: Charms Bar Removed, No Start Screen For Desktops 378
DirectX 12 Lies Dormant Within Microsoft's Recent Windows 10 Update 135
Google Just Made It Easier To Run Linux On Your Chromebook 169
Surface RT Devices Won't Get Windows 10 158
User Plea Means EISA Support Not Removed From Linux 189
Windows Server 2003 Reaches End of Life In July 156
Could Tizen Be the Next Android? 243
Why Run Linux On Macs? 592
Ask Slashdot: Migrating a Router From Linux To *BSD? 403
OpenBSD's Kernel Gets W^X Treatment On Amd64 84
Microsoft Ends Mainstream Support For Windows 7 640
The Missing Piece of the Smart Home Revolution: The Operating System 252
Ask Slashdot: Linux Distro For Hybrid Laptop? 210
AMD Catalyst Linux Driver Catching Up To and Beating Windows 136