Linux (come on, you knew it’d be Linux) takes a different approach: no locks, no guardrails, no limits. That’s what makes Linux a real operating system, something its competitors, dwarfing it in ...

Millions of people use Linux every day, but we rarely stop to think about how the operating system feels about it. Wouldn’t it be nice to know what Linux really thinks about open source, Windows, Macs ...

In 1991, Unix was an important but secondary x86 operating system. That year, on August 25, a mild-mannered Finnish graduate student named Linus Benedict Torvalds announced on the Usenet group comp.os ...

Jack Wallen explains how Linux has changed computing for the better and ponders what might be next for the open source OS created by Linus Torvalds. Today marks the official 30th birthday of the Linux ...

No need to reboot your computer just to switch operating systems.

It’s not Valve’s fault.

Linux vs. Windows: How to Pick the Best Server OS for Your Website Every website needs a web server, and every web server runs on an operating system. Linux and Windows Server are your choices, and ...

In brief: An estimated 240 million PCs will become obsolete when Windows 10 reaches end-of-life status in October. Microsoft is begging impacted users to buy new devices (preferably Copilot+ PCs) to ...

Why it matters: Debian is not the oldest Linux operating system out there, being just a month "younger" than Slackware. But the project started by Ian Murdock certainly is the most successful, as it ...

Unsure of which operating system you want to run on your laptop? Jack Wallen offers some key benefits of the available choices. Laptops are an indispensable piece of hardware that are far more ...

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Keep your Linux operating system and the software you run on it fully up to date. You don’t have to worry about remembering to perform patching if you take on one of these automated systems. Automated ...