Enterprise Linux company Red Hat has wanted users to think more of their operating ‘engines’ for some time now, long before the company’s acquisition and integration into the IBM family back ...

Linux can be run with the simple click of a button while another operating system like Microsoft Windows is running in the background. Oracle VM or other virtual machine software can be used to ...

Microsoft actually likes Linux. There, I've said it. It will also pay a bounty of up to $100,000 for hackers who can break it.

For those looking to dip their toes into Linux for the first time, or are seasoned veterans of the open-source software, Mint is focused on ease of use.

Ransomware is best known for targeting the Microsoft Windows operating system, but a new version of the RandomEXX ransomware has been found that targets Linux systems. Detected and publicized Nov ...

While it may appear that Windows, macOS, and Linux are the only options for modern PCs, the vast recesses of the computing sector house certain operating systems that aren’t part of either ...

When it comes to the operating systems you can actually use on your computer, there are really only three main ones that are ever brought up. You have Windows 11, macOS, and Linux (or, more ...

Sparky Linux 7.2 is available to download now for free. It's incredibly fast, simple to use, and based on one of the most reliable operating systems on the market (Debian). You might find it a bit ...

The open-source favorite has scored record adoption among US desktop users, following a just over 5% dip in Windows popularity since December 2024.

Windows-like desktop icons You might think of BlueStar Linux as the chimera of operating systems. I've covered BlueStar Linux before, and, like many Linux distributions, there's a new release ...

Parallels can finally run x86 versions of Windows or Linux on Apple Silicon "Early technology preview" is promising but has lots of limitations for now.

If you have ever studied the early history of the GNU/Linux operating system in its many forms, you’ll have read that [Linus Torvalds] developed his first kernel for his Intel 386-based computer ...