Windows is using a faster drive: In my configuration, I have Windows 11 on an NVMe drive, and since the tower I'm using has ...

That's good news for Linux because Valve announced a new console, the Steam Machine, that will be released in 2026. The Steam Machine will be powered by Linux and the KDE Plasma desktop environment.

Valve's new Steam Machine won't be able to play some of the most popular multiplayer games due to its operating system ...

Some Linux users insist that anything you can do on Windows, you can do better on Linux. While there’s some truth to that, many of us have Windows applications that make completely leaving Windows ...

I was just thinking about old systems and Linux. Now I am wondering what is the oldest hardware Linux supports and still be usable, that is, as a desktop? Another thought I have is, how far should ...

Some time ago, Linus Torvalds made a throwaway comment that sent ripples through the Linux world. Was it perhaps time to abandon support for the now-ancient Intel 486? Developers had already abandoned ...

TYNGSBOROUGH, MASS. – Not many corporations run Linux on their client hardware, but that situation will start to change if the Linux community can make a business case around the lower costs and ...

I have a confession to make. I run Windows on my laptop. That is, I run Linux, and then use Windows under VMware. This month I want to explore the various alternatives for running Windows applications ...

IBM wants its Intel-based servers to pull double duty. The company will use tools from software maker VMware to allow IBM x360 eServer models to run the Windows and Linux operating systems in various ...

Android 16’s Linux Terminal can now run graphical Linux apps such as Doom. This is thanks to improvements like hardware acceleration support and a display server. These upgrades aren’t live yet in the ...

After years of battling Linux as a competitive threat, Microsoft is now offering Linux-based operating systems on its Windows Azure cloud service. The Linux services will go live on Azure at 4 a.m.