On the other side of the utility spectrum are operating systems designed by smaller developer teams. Haiku OS and SerenityOS ...

Ubuntu Cinnamon combines familiarity and strong hardware support, making it the perfect secondary OS for your PC.

Google officially announced Android Wear on March 18, 2014. Later, the company rebranded it to Wear OS, indicating its compatibility with Apple's iPhone. Like Android OS, it continued to receive ...

I've used nearly every possible desktop operating system known. I've experienced nearly every incarnation of Windows and MacOS, I've used just about all the various Linux distributions over the years, ...

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Various versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system have existed since the 1980s. While the operating system got its start on personal computers, today, versions of Windows are available for a ...

Apple's operating system has cultivated a reputation for being more user-friendly and bestowing a functional charm upon Apple ...

One problem with building things using state-of-the-art techniques is that sometimes those that look like they will be “the next big thing” turn out to be dead ends. Next thing you know, that hot new ...

While there may once have been a time when you decided between either a Windows or Mac computer, these days there's another option to consider -- the Chromebook. Chromebooks have grown in popularity ...

Modern operating systems are all far more secure than their historic counterparts, but which operating system is the safest? That somewhat depends on how you use it — no operating system is “safe” if ...

Google LLC today announced that Chrome OS Flex, a cloud-first operating system for Macs and PCs, is now out of beta and available to scale across enterprise fleets. As devices and networks age, they ...