--- title: Best The Register posts — October 2022 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted The Register posts from October 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/theregister/best-of/2022/10 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/theregister/best-of/2022/10 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best The Register posts — October 2022 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted The Register posts from October 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of The Register — October 2022 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-may-steer-microsoft-into-a-copyright-lawsuit-p5e7fr9ad "GitHub Copilot may steer Microsoft into a copyright lawsuit") Article The Register · 4y GitHub Copilot may steer Microsoft into a copyright lawsuit GitHub Copilot is a programming auto-suggestion tool trained from public source code on the internet. An attorney is investigating the possibility of filing a copyright claim against GitHub. There are two potential lines of attack here: is GitHub improperly training Copilot on open source code and is the tool improperly emitting other people's copyrighted work. 32 4 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/linus-torvalds-s-faulty-ram-slows-kernel-development-fuhyscmv3 "Linus Torvalds’s faulty RAM slows kernel development") Article The Register · 4y Linus Torvalds’s faulty RAM slows kernel development Linus Torvalds’s faulty RAM slows kernel development. He blames a dodgy DIMM in his AMD Threadripper-powered PC and the vagaries of the memory market. The Linux boss's first thought was that a new kernel bug had caused the problem – which isn't good but sometimes happens. 21 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/google-reveals-another-experimental-operating-system-kataos-kvqds5afd "Google reveals another experimental operating system: KataOS") Article The Register · 4y Google reveals another experimental operating system: KataOS KataOS will be "a provably secure platform that's optimized for embedded devices that run ML applications" The OS is being developed on the Arm64 instruction set, but the plan is to run it on openTitan, which uses RISC-V. As seL4 is implemented mainly in C, the project 17 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/linus-torvalds-to-linux-devs-stop-pulling-all-nighters-otrta2nr "Linus Torvalds to Linux devs: stop pulling all-nighters") Article The Register · 4y Linus Torvalds to Linux devs: stop pulling all-nighters Linus Torvalds has released the first release candidate for version 6.1 of the Linux kernel. The Register Linux kernel boss also revealed that his faulty memory misadventure had a sequel of sorts. He added that the arrival of Rust in the kernel will be a modest debut. 17 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/the-metaverse-is-the-internet-no-one-wants-ooli0bmca "The Metaverse is the internet no one wants") Article The Register · 4y The Metaverse is the internet no one wants The Metaverse, as the company formerly known as Facebook defines the term in its financial filings, is "an embodied internet where people have immersive experiences beyond two-dimensional screens" It's more or less another stab at Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), a standard file format for 3D graphics that dates back to the mid 17 1 6. 6 [](https://daily.dev/posts/google-cloud-to-start-accepting-cryptocurrencies-as-payment-14nh6kjqu "Google Cloud to start accepting cryptocurrencies as payment") Article The Register · 4y Google Cloud to start accepting cryptocurrencies as payment Google Cloud to start accepting cryptocurrencies as payment for its online services. This method will be offered first to a chosen few customers in the Web 3.0 space. This announcement was part of Google Cloud Next (GCN), a three-day event in which the web ads titan boasts about its latest as-a-service offerings. 15 1 7. 7 [](https://daily.dev/posts/tiktok-caught-using-tracking-pixels-just-like-meta-google-el-i-gteo "TikTok caught using tracking pixels just like Meta, Google") Article The Register · 4y TikTok caught using tracking pixels just like Meta, Google Chinese social media platform TikTok caught using tracking pixels just like Meta, Google Google and Meta. 15 3 8. 8 [](https://daily.dev/posts/lash-cat9-a-radical-new-linux-ui-for-keyboard-warriors-i0ihkhwil "Lash#Cat9: A radical new Linux UI for keyboard warriors") Article The Register · 4y Lash#Cat9: A radical new Linux UI for keyboard warriors Cat9 works on top of a display server called Arcan, as part of the Durden desktop environment. It can display images on the command line, akin to printimage from Redbean, APE and Cosmopolitan libc. If Cat9 can get the command-line fans enthused and involved, we'll be delighted. 13 9. 9 [](https://daily.dev/posts/google-japan-goes-rogue-with-life-changing-1-65m-keyboard-xbgkzmtpz "Google Japan goes rogue with life-changing 1.65m keyboard") Article The Register · 4y Google Japan goes rogue with life-changing 1.65m keyboard Google Japan goes rogue with life-changing 1.65m keyboard. Google's Japan business appears to have ignored its semi-official "Don't be Evil" motto by publishing blueprints for the Gboard Bar. Google says the DIY hardware has keys arranged in a straight line "so you don't have to look around" 11 3 10. 10 [](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-met-a-programming-language-it-likes-better-than-java-mbrtk3h9b "Meta met a programming language it likes better than Java") Article The Register · 4y Meta met a programming language it likes better than Java Facebook's Meta is in the midst of migrating its Android app Java code to Kotlin. Kotlin is a younger programming language that also relies on the Java Virtual Machine, or JVM. Java's popularity, by at least one measure, has declined 4.7 percent in the last five years. 10 1 11. 11 [](https://daily.dev/posts/windows-subsystem-for-android-declared-ready-for-prime-time-icovlkzay "Windows Subsystem for Android declared ready for prime time") Article The Register · 4y Windows Subsystem for Android declared ready for prime time Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) has been declared ready for prime time First Look. Microsoft appears not to have made an official announcement about the product's availability. The "50,000 apps" he mentions are only available from the Amazon.com app store – not the larger Google Play digital tat bazaar. 9 1 [See all The Register archives](/sources/theregister/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister/best-of/2022/10#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister/best-of/2022/10","name":"Best The Register Posts — October 2022","description":"The most upvoted The Register posts from October 2022, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister/best-of/2022/10#items","numberOfItems":11,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-may-steer-microsoft-into-a-copyright-lawsuit-p5e7fr9ad","name":"GitHub Copilot may steer Microsoft into a copyright lawsuit"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/linus-torvalds-s-faulty-ram-slows-kernel-development-fuhyscmv3","name":"Linus Torvalds’s faulty RAM slows kernel development"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-reveals-another-experimental-operating-system-kataos-kvqds5afd","name":"Google reveals another experimental operating system: KataOS"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/linus-torvalds-to-linux-devs-stop-pulling-all-nighters-otrta2nr","name":"Linus Torvalds to Linux devs: stop pulling all-nighters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-metaverse-is-the-internet-no-one-wants-ooli0bmca","name":"The Metaverse is the internet no one wants"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-cloud-to-start-accepting-cryptocurrencies-as-payment-14nh6kjqu","name":"Google Cloud to start accepting cryptocurrencies as payment"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/tiktok-caught-using-tracking-pixels-just-like-meta-google-el-i-gteo","name":"TikTok caught using tracking pixels just like Meta, Google"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lash-cat9-a-radical-new-linux-ui-for-keyboard-warriors-i0ihkhwil","name":"Lash#Cat9: A radical new Linux UI for keyboard warriors"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-japan-goes-rogue-with-life-changing-1-65m-keyboard-xbgkzmtpz","name":"Google Japan goes rogue with life-changing 1.65m keyboard"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/meta-met-a-programming-language-it-likes-better-than-java-mbrtk3h9b","name":"Meta met a programming language it likes better than Java"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":11,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/windows-subsystem-for-android-declared-ready-for-prime-time-icovlkzay","name":"Windows Subsystem for Android declared ready for prime time"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Register","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"October 2022"}]}]} ```