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NTSYNC solved the synchronization bottleneck, but there was another kernel-level problem lurking underneath: what happens when Windows software bypasses Wine entirely and issues a raw x86 syscall instruction? Normally, Wine intercepts Windows API calls through its own reimplemented DLLs. A game calls a function in ntdll.dll, Wine's version of that DLL catches it, and everything gets routed correctly. But some Windows software skips the DLL layer and issues direct NT syscall instructions instead. On real Windows, the NT kernel handles those. On Linux, they hit the Linux kernel instead, which se
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…Since Linux still doesn't have kernel-level anti-cheat support, some of the most popular multiplayer titles are conspicuously absent from the platform. Titles like Battlefield 6, Call of Duty: Black…
Your Proxmox 8 server stops getting security updates in August, and upgrading to PVE 9 isn't straightforward
…security patches to your home lab. Proxmox received its last major release in August last year, with the update moving the underlying virtual environment to Debian 13 and the Linux kernel to…
If a decade-old Nintendo Switch can run PC games, your next handheld doesn't need to be x86
…On a modern Arm Linux machine, that's most of what you need. On the Switch it isn't, because the console's L4T kernel is ancient, and it's far too…
The Steam Deck won because Valve solved what Microsoft refuses to fix for gaming handhelds
…The Steam Deck succeeded because Valve built a bespoke Linux operating system, in the form of SteamOS , around a controller interface. Windows handhelds like the ROG Ally X, the Lenovo Legion Go…
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