OpenAI releases GPT-5.5, and you can try it right now
…Linux, and DIY electronics. Sign in to your XDA account Summary OpenAI launched GPT-5.5 just weeks after GPT-5.4 — rapid version churn continues. GPT-5.5 posts benchmark gains…
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ChatGPT finally got the memory transparency feature it needed — it still isn't enough to beat Claude
Korbin Brown May 18, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT Korbin is a Linux system administrator who spends most of his time in a terminal figuring out how things actually work. Over the…
Almost every service I self-host runs in a Linux container, and the math just doesn't favor a VM anymore
…For Linux workloads on a Linux host, containers delivered equal or better performance than VMs in almost every test. The exact numbers vary by workload and hardware, but the actual result hasn…
Wine has been translating Windows games to Linux since 1993, but Proton is what made it effortless
…Direct3D calls have to go somewhere, and on Linux, the most practical modern target is Vulkan. DXVK translates those Direct3D calls to Vulkan, which Linux handles natively and efficiently. For Direct3D 12…
Linux just made 8GB VRAM feel like enough for the Steam Machine
…Over the past few years, Linux gaming has made some rather significant strides, and none of it has come wrapped in flashy marketing or benchmark charts. This shift has been buried deep…
Ubuntu 26.04 now needs more RAM than Windows 11, which says more about Microsoft than Canonical
…However, after finding his home at MakeUseOf in February 2019, he would eventually move on to its sister site, XDA, to bring the latest and greatest in Windows, Linux, and DIY electronics…
CachyOS has a one-click Windows VM button, and dual-booting feels completely outdated
…Most people who are curious about Linux on the desktop aren’t chasing benchmark trophies or trying to squeeze the last watt of performance out of a demanding workload. They’re browsing…
Most people never check this one router setting, and it's why their internet feels slow
…Pi-hole OS Linux Price model Free See at Github Unbound OS Windows, Linux, macOS Price model Free Unbound is an open-source caching, recursive DNS resolver. See at NLnet labs
Microsoft finally agrees Windows 11 has problems, and K2 is its plan to fix them, claims report
…However, after finding his home at MakeUseOf in February 2019, he would eventually move on to its sister site, XDA, to bring the latest and greatest in Windows, Linux, and DIY electronics…
I put my Steam library on my NAS, and it was both brilliant and stupid
…And with that, it was time to start the benchmark process. Related I tested dual-boot, WSL2, and VMs to run Linux apps on Windows, and only one was worth keeping Dual…