By ckasprzak | TkOut | May 8, 2026 |
Software
The Hot Take: I'm so glad I've gotten the Lifetime pass, but as they up the price it only becomes a target to revoke in the coming future....
Plex's Remote Watch Pass is getting a 50% price hike starting June 1, 2026. Plex introduced the Remote Watch Pass in April 2025 as a cheaper alternative to the Plex Pass. Remote Watch Pass allows users to remotely stream from any Plex Media Server that a user has access to.
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The Hot Take: Well look at that! Probably was because of the memory crunch so they wanted to head off flak but they got it anyway.
Microsoft has quietly retracted its own documentation that suggested 32GB RAM is the āno worriesā upgrade for gaming, and 16GB RAM is the baseline. This support document was likely written using a large language model, and Windows Latest first spotted it before it was taken down. Microsoft also nuked a document that recommended Copilot+ PCs for gaming.
Microsoft has a āLearning Centerā where it publishes guides and marketing articles to promote various Windows features, and these rank well in search results. Itās mostly used by Microsoft toā¦
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The Hot Take: Closed source finally making it onto OSS OS, nice!
AMD has taken a major step toward enabling native open-source HDMI 2.1 support on Linux by submitting new patches for its AMDGPU driver. AMD Moves Closer to Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Support on Linux With New AMDGPU FRL Patches It appears that the HDMI 2.1 support is finally arriving to Linux as AMD has submitted the new Fixed Rate Link (FRL) patches for its AMDGPU driver. This has been one of the longest-standing limitations that affected Radeon GPUs on the platform. There have been years of restrictions tied to the HDMI Forum (Org behind the HDMIā¦
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The Hot Take: This has me very intrigued, I just wish Logitech and others with their software control on mice would jump onboard.
Steam on Linux use in March "had skyrocketed to 5.33%..." reports Phoronix, "easily the highest level we've seen Steam on Linux at since its inception more than a decade ago."
So what happened in April?
[April's results] point to Linux having a 4.52% marketshare on Steam, a drop of 0.81% compared to March. Year-over-year it's roughly double with Steam on Linux in April 2025 being at 2.27%. Or two years ago for April 2024, Steam on Linux was at 1.9%.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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The Hot Take: I plenty of folks that will be happy about this. Slowly becoming Linux more every day.
Microsoft is rolling out Windows Update improvements that give users more control over how updates are installed whileĀ reducing disruption from frequent or poorly timed restarts. [...]
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The Hot Take: Nice, quicker to desktop.
Microsoft told Windows Latest that itās rolling out a new feature that allows you to skip forced Windows 11 updates during device setup (out-of-box experience).
Right now, when you clean install or reinstall Windows 11, or buy a new device, you have to go through a long out-of-box experience, also called OOBE. During the OOBE setup, Windows nags you to set up a Microsoft account, buy Microsoft 365, try Xbox Game Pass, and more.
While itās unclear when the calmer OOBE without upsells will begin rolling out, Microsoft is already curbing oneā¦
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The Hot Take: Interesting, might be worth a shot. Good way to keep funding alive for it and your main Brave version.
The Brave browser "has introduced Brave Origin, a stripped-down version of its browser that removes built-in monetization features like Rewards and other extras tied to its business model," writes Slashdot reader BrianFagioli"
The stripped-down browser is available either as a separate browser download or as an upgrade to the existing Brave install, unlocked through a one-time purchase that can be activated across multiple devices. The idea is simple on paper: pay once, and you get a cleaner, more minimal browsing experience without theā¦
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The Hot Take: As Linux gains market share just put a target on its back for compromise.
A new report from Sonatype identifies 21,764 malicious open source packages in the first quarter of the year, up 21 percent from the same period last year and bringing the total logged since 2017 to 1,346,867. The npm registry continues to be the target of most new malicious attacks, at 75 percent, seeing the equivalent of 46 malicious packages per day, with the quarter defined by credential theft, host reconnaissance, and staged payload delivery aimed at developer and CI/CD environments. Python package index PyPI saw 18 percent of totalā¦
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The Hot Take: I guess IPv6 wasn't doing it w/out backward comparability?
A newly surfaced IPv8 draft describes a conceptual network protocol designed to extend the capabilities of existing Internet infrastructure while maintaining compatibility with IPv4.
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The Hot Take: I mean really, WHY do they want us on ARM??
Qualcomm has the stars to align for Windows on Arm. The chip is strong enough, and the software situation is improving, so this could be the point where ARM Windows laptops stop being a niche joke and start going mainstream.
The timing for Snapdragon X2 Elite looks spot on, with a faster chip aimed at the Fruity Cargo Cult Appleās M5 series and the usual x86 crowd, plus Windows on Arm gaining more native apps.
Developers are starting to treat Qualcommās top-end SoC like a platform worth bothering with, rather than a science project thatā¦
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