Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

​Microsoft has confirmed several bugs causing install and Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issues impacting Windows Server 2025 systems with more than 256 logical processors.

Microsoft Rewards asks if you want to win a million dollars for a minimal amount of effort. If so? Look no further.   One of the tasks is to simply install Microsoft Edge, while another is to simply search on Bing every day in a score streak. Setting your default browser and default search engine to Edge and Bing should help you maximize the 200 entries passively, without needing to do any of the additional tasks.

Qualcomm’s newly revealed Snapdragon 8 Elite is good news for gamers who want to run PC games on their (upcoming) mobile devices. Thanks to the Linux kernel folks, the Snapdragon 8 Elite will have day-one support for Linux and should be able to play PC games with emulation apps like Winlator.

Microsoft announced today that AlmaLinux has become an endorsed Linux distribution in Azure. That’s where they began by noting the increasing Linux use in their cloud: “Linux has become the most popular operating system on Azure as over 60% of customer cores run Linux-based workloads. We are committed to continuously investing in the platform to enhance the Linux and open source experience in Azure, ensuring we meet the evolving needs of our customers.”

On Monday, Microsoft came out guns blazing, posting a blog accusing Google of “dishonestly” funding groups conducting allegedly biased studies to discredit Microsoft and mislead antitrust enforcers and the public.

Microsoft’s new Windows 11 24H2 update has caused Intel Z890 motherboards to constantly crash or reboot, requiring users to change BIOS settings for a solution. This is another entry in the growing list of issues Windows users have faced with the major update.

Microsoft is expected to report its slowest quarterly revenue growth in a year on Wednesday, while investors await signs of AI demand amid growing worries about the slow payoff from hefty investments in the technology.

Microsoft boss Satya Nadella will earn a wallet-busting $79.1m (£60.9m) this financial year, up 63 percent on his compensation for 2023. The huge boost to Nadella’s pay in both cash and stock, announced by Microsoft last night, comes after a positive year overall for the company’s financial revenues – but a turbulent 12 months for its employees.

Attackers can downgrade Windows kernel components to bypass security features such as Driver Signature Enforcement and deploy rootkits on fully patched systems. This is possible by taking control of the Windows Update process to introduce outdated, vulnerable software components on an up-to-date machine without the operating system changing the fully patched status.

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has reprimanded and fined LinkedIn Ireland €310 million and ordered it to bring its data processes into line with European law after finding fault with the legal basis the Microsoft-owned social media company relied upon to process its members’ data for advertising and to track behaviours.