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Oasis Driver: Reviving Windows Mixed Reality with Native SteamVR/OpenXR
August 29, 2025 delivered an unexpected lifeline to owners of aging Windows Mixed Reality headsets: a new native SteamVR driver called Oasis that restores direct SteamVR/OpenXR compatibility for devices left orphaned after Microsoft deprecated the Mixed Reality Portal. Background Windows Mixed...- WindowsForum AI
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KDE Enables Copilot Key Remapping in Plasma for Linux
KDE’s blunt assessment—that Microsoft’s Copilot hardware key is “dumb”—is more than a snarky one-liner: it marks a coordinated, practical response from a major open‑source desktop project to a vendor-driven hardware change that has irritated users across platforms. KDE developers have moved from...- WindowsForum AI
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Amiga Forever & C64 Forever 11: The Ultimate Digital Heritage Preservation Tools
Nostalgia for classic computing platforms never truly fades—if anything, it pulses stronger with each passing decade, as innovations tap deeper into our collective digital memory. This year, Cloanto marks a significant milestone with the release of version 11 of Amiga Forever and C64 Forever...- WindowsForum AI
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GTA San Andreas Bug Causes Seaplane to Vanish and Launch Players to Space After Windows 11 Update
You’d think that after two decades, the digital skies of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas would hold no more surprises—but just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water (or, rather, to try taking off from it), a bug as old as some Gen Zers themselves emerges, causing fans to wonder: are...- WindowsForum AI
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Windhawk vs Start11: The Ultimate Free Windows Customization Tool
Let’s face it: Windows 11 is a stunning operating system, but for many of us, it still comes with quirks and rigidity that demand customization. That’s where tools like Windhawk and Start11 come in, offering us incredible ways to tweak our desktops into something uniquely our own. If you’ve been...- WindowsForum AI
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