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DirectX is coming to the Windows Subsystem for Linux
DirectX 12, NVIDIA CUDA, OpenGL and OpenCL acceleration are coming to the Windows Subsystem for Linux.
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Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsystem for Linux
A year ago at BUILD 2020 we introduced our goal to bring Linux GUI applications to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run Linux GUI applications. We
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Sudo for Windows
Introducing Sudo for Windows We're excited to announce the release of Sudo for Windows in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052! Sudo for Windows is a
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Why did Windows 7 log on slower for months if you had a solid color background?
It's waiting for Godot and eventually gives up.
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The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad they fixed it during emulation
Offensive content in the eyes of a software engineer.
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You can't copy code with memcpy
There's more to code than just instructions.
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When you opened a screen shot of a video in Paint, the video was playing in it
You copied the green screen.
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We called it RAID because it kills bugs dead
The history of defect tracking databases in Windows.
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Performance Improvements in .NET 6
Take a rip-roarin' tour through hundreds of PRs worth of performance improvements for .NET 6.
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Performance Improvements in .NET 11
Take a tour through hundreds of performance improvements in .NET 11.
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Why does the New menu even exist for creating new empty files?
You have to open the file anyway to make it useful, so why not just open the program directly?
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Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems?
Simplifying the problem to an earlier problem.
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Introducing Windows Terminal
We are beyond excited to announce Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal is a new, modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for
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Windows Package Manager Preview
We are thrilled to announce the Windows Package Manager preview! If you’re already familiar with what a package manager is, feel free to skip this
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Shipping a Linux Kernel with Windows
Beginning with Windows Insiders builds this Summer, we will include an in-house custom-built Linux kernel to underpin the newest version of the Windows
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Is there a maximum size for Windows clipboard data?
There is no pre-set maximum size, but that null might be coming from somewhere else.
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Why is the x86 undefined instruction called ud2? Why 2?
It came after ud0 and ud1.
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How does Windows decide whether your computer has full Internet access?
Looking for special servers.
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XOR'ing a register with itself is the idiom for zeroing it out. Why not sub?
Somehow xor became the most popular version.
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Performance Improvements in .NET 7
.NET 7 is fast. Really fast. This post deep-dives into hundreds of performance improvements that contributed to that reality.
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Yes, the 8086 wanted to be mechanically translatable from the 8080, but
So many addressing modes, so little space.
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Why are there both TMP and TEMP environment variables? (2015)
Parallel evolution.
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GPU Video acceleration in the Windows Subsystem for Linux now available
Introduction In DirectX ❤ Linux - DirectX Developer Blog we wrote about DXCore & D3D12 support on WSLg and described OpenGL & OpenCL support by
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Why doesn’t Windows use 64-bit virtual address space below 0x00000000`7ffe0000?
It does use it, although it doesn't look like it.
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How does the classic Win32 ListView handle incremental searching?
Combining prefix search with repeated search, to accommodate multiple styles.
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Performance Improvements in .NET 10
Take a tour through hundreds of performance improvements in .NET 10.
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What should the CPU usage be of a fully-loaded CPU that has been throttled?
A valid difference of opinion.
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Windows Terminal Preview v0.10 Release
Welcome to the v0.10 release of the Windows Terminal! As always, you can install the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or download the package
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Windows Terminal Preview 0.9
The v0.9 release of the Windows Terminal has arrived! This is the last version of the Terminal that will include new features before the v1 release. You