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Ask HN: Local hostnames without root/admin

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-07 07:41:45

Ask HN: Local hostnames without root/admin 7 points by 2 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 17 comments by terry_hc I'm looking for a simple way to locally define hostnames for internal use, think /etc/hosts, but without the requirement of superuser privileges. Running a resolver locally, or within the LAN, falls outside the realm of "simple". The subject is primarily the web browser, so a clever browser extension for Firefox and/or Chromium would work great. If resolution could also happen ou

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Microsoft is open sourcing Windows 11's UI framework

news.ycombinator.com Taras Buria 2026-01-16 04:52:40

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works Microsoft has plenty of open-source projects, and these days, the company is much more open to community contributions. Still, plenty of code remains closed-source, and the company constantly receives more requests to open it. One of them is WinUI, Windows 11's user interface framework. While Microsoft is not opening it fully yet, the company shared details about plans for the next six months,

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