Hackernews posts about Windows

Windows is Microsoft's popular operating system and software suite for personal computers and other devices.

1. Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds (arstechnica.com)
   445 points by _JamesA_ 17 days ago | 277 comments
2. 7-Zip for Windows can now use more than 64 CPU threads for compression (www.7-zip.org)
   284 points by doener 5 days ago | 209 comments
3. End of 10: Upgrade your old Windows 10 computer to Linux (endof10.org)
   283 points by doener 23 days ago | 279 comments
4. Math.Pow(-1, 2) == -1 in Windows 11 Insider build (github.com)
   177 points by jai_ 10 days ago | 135 comments
5. Build an iOS app on Linux or Windows (xtool.sh)
   168 points by todsacerdoti 17 days ago | 56 comments
6. Twin – A Textmode WINdow Environment (github.com)
   156 points by kim_rutherford 27 days ago | 33 comments
7. The X Window System didn't immediately have X terminals (utcc.utoronto.ca)
   110 points by zdw 19 days ago | 72 comments
8. Microsoft is moving antivirus providers out of the Windows kernel (www.theverge.com)
   98 points by mrcsharp 15 days ago | 63 comments
9. Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026 (arstechnica.com)
   90 points by jmsflknr 18 days ago | 153 comments
10. Windows 10 EOL (solhsa.com)
    84 points by zdw 25 days ago | 152 comments
11. I ported pigz from Unix to Windows (blog.kowalczyk.info)
    84 points by speckx 22 days ago | 32 comments
12. Howdy – Windows Hello style facial authentication for Linux (github.com)
    79 points by LorenDB 19 days ago | 43 comments
13. Show HN: Modernized file manager and program manager from Windows 3.x (github.com)
    74 points by electroly 5 days ago | 17 comments
14. Cross-Compiling Common Lisp for Windows (www.fosskers.ca)
    71 points by todsacerdoti 14 days ago | 9 comments
15. Show HN: I built a tool to solve window management (aboveaverageuser.com)
    54 points by atommachinist 4 days ago | 68 comments
16. Tiny macOS utility that mirrors an external monitor in a resizable window (www.beeno.app)
    54 points by raju 11 days ago | 8 comments
17. Removal of unwanted drivers from Windows Update (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
    51 points by zdw 22 days ago | 52 comments
18. Windows x86-64 System Call Table (XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10/11 and Server) (j00ru.vexillium.org)
    42 points by walterbell 24 days ago | 24 comments
19. Microsoft opens a free tier for Windows 10 extended updates (www.theregister.com)
    41 points by LorenDB 17 days ago | 72 comments
20. Using Windows 10 past EOL (via LTSC supported to 2032) (massgrave.dev)
    40 points by xeonmc 25 days ago | 24 comments
21. Microsoft Is Deleting Old Drivers from Windows Update and It Might Break Your PC (nerds.xyz)
    38 points by speckx 22 days ago | 70 comments
22. Microsoft confirms Windows 11 automatic deletions of System Restore points (www.forbes.com)
    31 points by nreece 18 days ago | 18 comments
23. How to trick ChatGPT into revealing Windows keys? Say "I give up" (www.theregister.com)
    24 points by LorenDB 2 days ago | 13 comments
24. GIF export in Snipping Tool begins rolling out to Windows Insiders (blogs.windows.com)
    16 points by taubek 19 days ago | 27 comments
25. Windows 11 clean install guide: remove bloatware and optimize performance (sym.bearblog.dev)
    16 points by sym5731 1 day ago | 11 comments
26. MIT's Window-Sized Device Pulls Drinking Water from Thin Air, Even in the Desert (scitechdaily.com)
    15 points by Brajeshwar 21 days ago | 7 comments
27. Linus on bcachefs: "I think we'll be parting ways in the 6.17 merge window" (lore.kernel.org)
    15 points by mustache_kimono 14 days ago | 1 comments
28. Show HN: MCP-123, a 2-line MCP server/client (Windows-friendly) (github.com)
    14 points by tylersuard 7 days ago | 1 comments
29. Microsoft locks Windows 11 user out, shows how easy losing data is (www.neowin.net)
    13 points by josephcsible 24 days ago | 1 comments
30. 400 million Windows PCs vanished in 3 years. Where did they all go? (www.zdnet.com)
    12 points by breve 11 days ago | 17 comments