Awake Venture Studio Launches ForgeOS, the First Open-Source Multiplatform Operating System for AI Agents

You need to guarantee that Agent A cannot access Client B's data, that spending stays within budget, and that sensitive ...

My 5 favorite open source operating systems that aren't Linux

Looking for non-Linux open-source options? From ghosts of past operating systems to fascinating works in progress, here are my top picks.

OpenBSD 7.9: Mythos bug fixed, more partitions and security

OpenBSD 7.9 is the 60th release of the open-source operating system and brings many improvements in security and networking.
IEEE Spectrum on MSN

Pavona launches open hardware ecosystem for secure chips

Starts with OpenTitan “root-of-trust” components ...
MUO on MSN

These open-source projects have been running for 20+ years — and they're still unfinished

Two decades in, still no version 1.0.

Yearslong fight over users’ right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial

For years, owners of Vizio smart TVs have had little control over the software running on their sets—software that can track ...

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Microsoft finally open sources DOS 1.0 - and it's so much more than the code

Microsoft finally open sources DOS 1.0 - and it's so much more than the code ...

Microsoft open-sources “the earliest DOS source code discovered to date”

Several times in the last couple of decades, Microsoft has released source code for the original MS-DOS operating system that kicked off its decades-long dominance of consumer PCs. This week, the ...