Archive for October 2026
September 30, 2026
· Random Photo: Computer in Your Pocket
· Random Photo: Camping PSA
· Random Photo: I Have Become Comfortably...
· Reviews Roundup: iBuyPower Slate, Magnetic Keyboards, and a Glass Desk Mat that Glows @ NT Compatible
October 1, 2026
· Windows 11 26H2 ISO Download Now Available: Movable Taskbar Arrives in 2026 Update
· Choose Which File Types To Include in Search Indexing
· Restore Windows Terminal to Its Default Settings in Just a Few Steps
· Reviews Roundup: Gears of War: E-Day Review, a $90 Cooler and an Upgraded HOTAS @ NT Compatible
· Ubuntu Linux 26.10 Beta Released: First-Ever Rust Coreutils and RISC-V Support
· Random Photo: Carrying the Weight
· Random Photo: You Look Tired
· Random Photo: Back to Scrolling
October 2, 2026
· How to Disable or Enable the "Open With" Alert for New Apps in Windows
· Cancel a Pending Restart or Shutdown With a Shortcut
· Random Photo: Caturday Fault
· Random Photo: Welcome Home Caturday
· Random Photo: Caturday Chemicals
· Reviews Roundup: Mini AI Station, $900 Flight Cockpit, and the Software That Decides It All @ NT Compatible
· Microsoft Ships Five New Windows 11 Insider Builds Ahead of October 7 Surface Event
October 3, 2026
· Windows 11 September 2026 Update: Movable Taskbar, Resizable Start Menu, and Better Windows Search
· Strata v0.1.38 Runs a 125-Billion-Model LLM on Any Gaming PC
· Wine 11.19 Adds Vertical Text, DNS Caching and Unicode 18
October 4, 2026
· Random Photo: Remember Concerts?
· Random Photo: A Nice Thing
· Random Photo: Canning Soup
· Did You Miss Our September Newsletter? You can Read it Online Now.
· Claude & ChatGPT for Project Management Bundle 79% Off
· Game Time: Ghostly Bubble
· Random Photo: Haunted Houses
· Random Photo: The End of AI
· Random Photo: It's Here!
· Reviews Roundup: MSI MEF Maestro 900R, Witcher 3 Path Tracing, and a $799 showpiece case @ NT Compatible
· Linux Kernel 7.3-rc6 Released: Driver Fixes and Commits Dominate
October 5, 2026
· Random Photo: A Lesson Taught
· Random Photo: Good News & Bad News
· Random Photo: Overreacted a Little
· Reviews Roundup: Geekom A9 Max, Corsair Titan II, GIGABYTE X870 and More @ NT Compatible
· Fedora Linux 44 20261001 Respins Ships With Kernel 7.2.8
October 6, 2026
· Norton Mobile Security (1 Device/15 Month Subscription) 46% Off
· Random Photo: JavaScript & HTML
· Random Photo: Generally
· Random Photo: The Standard Position
· Reviews Roundup: Budget Mini PCs, AIOs, PSU and More @ NT Compatible
· PHP Releases 8.6.0 RC3, 8.5.12 RC1 and 8.4.27 RC1 Across All Active Branches
October 7, 2026
· LibreOffice Says No to Built-In AI, and That Might Be Its Best Feature
· That “I’m Not a Robot” Check Could Be Installing Malware
· Random Photo: Like Unlike
· Random Photo: My Dream Job
· Random Photo: Zero Self Discipline
· Reviews Roundup: Linux Beats Windows on Local AI, Budget AIO and $120 Motherboard @ NT Compatible
· Windows 11 October 2026 Insiders: WinUI 3 Search Overhaul with Inline Actions Ships
October 8, 2026
· Tired of the Settings Home Page? Here’s How to Hide It in Windows 11
· 4 Ways to Turn Bluetooth On or Off in Windows 11
· How to Stop Adobe Reader From Automatically Opening Downloaded PDFs
· Microsoft's New Surface PCs Make a Bigger Bet on Running AI Locally
· Microsoft Wants to Put Windows AI Agents on a Leash
· Random Photo: Got Good News!
· Random Photo: Unamused ChatGPT
· Random Photo: Computer Troubleshooting Diagram
· Reviews Roundup: $49 NZXT Case, 5K OLED Monitor, T1 RTX 5060 Ti, Keyboards, and Modular PSU @ NT Compatible
· Ubuntu Linux 26.10 Stonking Stingray Enters Final Freeze, Targets October 15 Launch
October 9, 2026
· Adjust How Long Notifications Stay on Screen in Windows 11
· Control How Much Disk Space Point-in-Time Restore Uses in Windows 11
· Change When Your Screen Turns Off in Windows 11
· Microsoft Warns Some PCs Could Lose Windows Update Access in 2027
· Random Photo: Secretly Caturday
· Random Photo: Caturday Rave
· Random Photo: 6 Foot Caturday
· Reviews Roundup: Best Value Cases, Monitors, Headsets, and Power Banks @ NT Compatible
· Proton 11.0-2e Valve Linux Compatibility Update Fixes EA App Bug
October 10, 2026
· Game Time: Chaindrop
· ArtCraft: The Free, Open-Source Adobe Suite That Racked Up 43,000 Stars in Days
· Strata v0.1.43 Delivers Up to 38% Faster Local Inference
October 11, 2026
· Random Photo: Star Wars
· Random Photo: Life Is Like A Helicopter
· Random Photo: Open Mike Night
· Game Time: Definitely Not A Platformer
· PowerToys Preview Lets You Drag Without Holding Down Your Mouse Button
· Random Photo: There...Sigh
· Random Photo: Meme Posting
· Random Photo: US UK
· Reviews Roundup: Budget Cooler, Gen 5 SSD, and NAS Drives Ranked @ NT Compatible
· Linux Kernel 7.3-rc7 Released: Mount Hardening, ext4 Deprecation and AMD Errata Workaround
October 12, 2026
· Tomorrow’s Windows 11 Update Adds a Few Features You Might Actually Use
· Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro Support Ends Tuesday
· Random Photo: Makes Us Human
· Random Photo: Gargantuan Horned Snails
· Random Photo: Remember The Events of '86
· Reviews Roundup: AMD Sweet Spots, OLED Bargains, and New Challengers @ NT Compatible
October 13, 2026
· Nobara Linux 44 2026-10-12 Gaming Distro with Unified ISO, Fixed Encryption, Updated Kernel
· ESET Home Security Essential 2026 Edition: 1-Year Subscription 70% Off
· Chrome’s Vertical Tabs and Split View Make It Easier to Get Things Done
· Random Photo: Don't Run
· Random Photo: Needs Water
· Random Photo: The Cloud
· Reviews Roundup: X870 Motherboards, Framework Laptop 12, and Gears of War E-Day @ NT Compatible
· Microsoft October 2026 Patch Tuesday: Largest Release Ever Ships Live Windows Shell Zero-Day
October 14, 2026
· Don't Use Phone Link? Here's How to Remove It From the Start Menu
· Is Your Drive an HDD, SSD, or NVMe? Here's How To Find Out
· How to Set a Different Default Shell in Windows Terminal
· Random Photo: Bad Sound
· Random Photo: The Harvest
· Random Photo: Finding Me
· Epic Games Launcher for Linux: New Preview Brings Fortnite's Path and AI-Built Client
· Reviews Roundup: $50 Cooler, Bargain QD-OLED, and Budget Gaming Peripherals Beat Out Shaky Chair and Weak PSU @ NT Compatible
October 15, 2026
· Game Time: Arrow Go
· GitHub’s Smaller AI Helps Catch Leaked Passwords Before They Become a Problem
· Random Photo: I Spy with My Little Eye
· Random Photo: Not Spoken Since High School
· Random Photo: Like a Haunted House
· Reviews Roundup: PCSpecialist Noble Extreme and Alienware OLED (11 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· Fedora Linux 45 Final NO-GO: Ship Date Slips to October 27
October 16, 2026
· Babbel Language Learning: Lifetime Subscription (All Languages) 16% Off
· How To Monitor AppContainer Isolation in Task Manager
· How to Remove Ask Gemini From the Chrome Right-Click Menu
· Windows 11 Won't Boot? Here's How to Use Startup Repair
· Random Photo: Exercise Caturday
· Random Photo: Caturday, Ah Yeah!
· Random Photo: Fabulous Caturday
· Reviews Roundup: RTX Spark Laptops, LattePanda, and XPG DDR5 Kit @ NT Compatible
· Windows 11 Insider Builds Update as NVIDIA RTX Spark Ships
October 17, 2026
· Game Time: Pythagoras Mahjong
· Process Explorer 17.2 Adds More Ways to Investigate a Misbehaving PC
· Thunderbird 158 Fixes a Longstanding Duplicate Email Bug and Forgotten Passwords
· Fedora Linux 45 RC-1.1 Available for Testing; GA Set for Oct. 30
· Wine 11.20 Release: ARM64EC Relay Debugging and Stack Overflow Fix
October 18, 2026
· Random Photo: You'd Never Know
· Random Photo: Flying Car Test Drive
· Random Photo: Didn't Hurt to Ask
· Avast Free Antivirus Is Actually Really Good, Here's How to Make It Less Annoying
· Spyware Delivered Through Ads Shows Why "Don't Click" Is No Longer Enough
· Random Photo: Not The Bigger Person
· Random Photo: Like Wrong
· Random Photo: Annoy You
· Reviews Roundup: Comu Recorder, ASUS G-Sync Monitor and MOZA Flight Yoke (10 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· GNOME 51.1 Released: Security Fixes and Wayland Drag-and-Drop Patch
October 19, 2026
· Random Photo: High and Low
· Random Photo: Problem?
· Random Photo: The Machines
· Reviews Roundup: AMD AI Mini-PC, OLED AIO, Keyboards and More @ NT Compatible
· GE-Proton 11-11 (running Windows games on Linux) Hotfix Fixes Star Citizen, Hunt: Showdown, and Video Bugs
October 20, 2026
· BleachBit 6.0.6 Fixes Forgotten Settings and The Promises of Faster Cleaning
· Random Photo: Get Noticed
· Random Photo: Avoid a Midlife Crisis
· Random Photo: In Three Years
· Reviews Roundup: Record-Breaking RAM and a Must-Play JRPG Lead @ NT Compatible
· COSMIC Epoch 1.11.0 Released: Wayland Dialog Protocol and Hybrid-GPU Fixes
October 21, 2026
· Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 + The Premium Learn to Code Certification Bundle 98% Off
· Random Photo: Instead of Coffee
· Random Photo: Sigh
· Reviews Roundup: ARCTIC BioniX Fans, MelGeek Made68 Ultra V2, and Price-Cut ASRock Z890 Taichi Aqua @ NT Compatible
· Fedora Linux 45 RC-1.2 Now Available for Testing
October 22, 2026
· Random Photo: The Hardest Part
· Ways To Add or Remove the Task View Button in Windows 11
· How To Access Command Prompt at Boot
· Need a Device's Hardware ID? Here's How to Find It
· Random Photo: Calm Down, Microsoft!
· Random Photo: You Drink?
· Random Photo: Hallowat?
· Reviews Roundup: HYTE Y50 RGB, Ryzen 5 5500F, and BIWIN ME300 @ NT Compatible
· SteamOS 3.9.4 Beta Downloads Now With eMudhra Certificate Fix and Regression Repairs
October 23, 2026
· How to Make Desktop Icons Bigger or Smaller in Windows 11
· Restore Windows Terminal to Its Default Settings in Just a Few Steps
· Easily Export Windows Services to a Text or CSV File
· Random Photo: Caturday Krueger
· Random Photo: Kisses on Caturday
· Random Photo: Caturday Spirits
· Reviews Roundup: iPhone 18 Pro Max, MW4, and AI Gadgets @ NT Compatible
· Strata 0.2.4 Released: Run a 763-Billion-Parameter DeepSeek AI Model Locally on Your Gaming PC
October 24, 2026
· 1Password Lets AI Agents Log In Without Seeing Your Passwords
· Microsoft Teams Adds AI Phishing Detection to Catch Scams Without Suspicious Links
· PowerToys 0.102 is Out - 6 New Features Worth the Download
· Linux Kernel 7.4 is shaping up fast, led by a boot-time fix that could turn minutes into milliseconds
· SteamOS 3.9 Update Ships with Linux 7.2, Plasma 6.7.3 and Idle Battery Boost
October 25, 2026
· Random Photo: Meanwhile....
· Random Photo: My Groupon
· Random Photo: My Ancestors
· Game Time: Mine Hunt Classic
· Here's How to Check Your Effective Permissions in Windows 11
· DLSS Swapper Can Now Update Multiple Games at Once
· Random Photo: Passive-Aggressive Apple Watch
· Random Photo: No, Keep Them
· Random Photo: OpenAI
· Reviews Roundup: MW4, Simagic Valkyrie Wheel and IQUNIX MQ80 @ NT Compatible
· New Windows 11 Insiders Builds 26340.9767, 28120.3302 Speed Test, Phone Controls, More
October 26, 2026
· Random Photo: Call Me Antisocial
· Random Photo: Need an App
· Random Photo: Halloween PSA
· Review Roundup: JSAUX Dual Screen, ID-Cooling AIO, ASUS Z890, Corsair PSU, SanDisk SSD @ NT Compatible
· Microsoft Ships Out-of-Band Windows 11 Updates Over eMudhra Compromise
October 27, 2026
· EaseUS Halloween Sale Up To 55% Discount with Code HALLO26
· Here's How to Check Your Effective Permissions in Windows 11
· Random Photo: Having a Good Day?
· Random Photo: Halloween Up North
· Random Photo: Backwards
· Reviews Roundup: GameSir, Razer, Samsung P9, and a Water Purifier @ NT Compatible
October 28, 2026
· Fedora Linux 45 RC-1.3 Released: Final Vote Before November 3 Ship
· Random Photo: I Wonder
· Random Photo: The Sound
· Random Photo: Scariest Halloween Costume
· Reviews Roundup: Corsair Warthog, Thermal Grizzly DeltaMate, Ducky Cushion 98, GMK TriggerKey, Fractal Refine 2 @ NT Compatible
· Microsoft Ships October 2026 Windows 11 Preview Updates for 26H1, 26H2, and 25H2
October 29, 2026
· Random Photo: Perfect Halloween Decoration
· Random Photo: Got Confused
· Random Photo: Heather
· Reviews Roundup: HAVN HS 360, HyperX Omen 35L, CORSAIR PureVector, and Pulsar XPAD Mini @ NT Compatible
· Fedora Linux 45 Final Release Is GO: Everything You Need to Know
October 30, 2026
· See Which Apps Have Used Your Passkeys in Windows 11
· Windows 11 Remembers Your USB Drives. Here's How to See Them
· Here's How to Check Your Effective Permissions in Windows 11
· Random Photo: Don't Forget
· Random Photo: All Float on Caturday
· Random Photo: Inside the Caturday House!
· Random Photo: Caturday Dress Up
· Random Photo: Caturday Spree
· Reviews Roundup: NVIDIA AI Laptop, Noctua AIO, TCL Mini LED, YUNZII Keyboard and iPhone Duo @ NT Compatible
· Microsoft Releases 5 New Windows 11 Builds with Expanded Search and Per-App Permissions
October 31, 2026
· Tried of AI Slop In Your Search? Cut The Noise In 2 Clicks. Add MajorGeeks As A Preferred Source
· Game Time: Trap Step
