ZDNET key takeaways The Linux desktop has continued its slow growth.Linux has been making gains in no small part because of ...

ZDNET's key takeaways There's a Linux desktop environment for everyone.Windows users will feel right at home with several DEs ...

With so many Linux distributions available, it takes something special to lure users away from Windows. Aurora checks all the boxes.

It's too bad about Windows 10. Millions of people loved it, or at least were more or less oblivious and probably remain so today, even though it has been d ...

This time I’m really going to do it. I am going to put Linux on my gaming PC. Calling it now. 2026 is the year of Linux on ...

With Wine 10.19, support for these reparse point mechanisms has been implemented in key filesystem APIs: for example ...

Unless you're using Linux on a virtual machine, installing the open-source OS is usually done via a USB drive. Because of this, you can burn an ISO to a USB drive, reboot the system, boot into the USB ...

Had enough of Windows 10's hassles? Unless you plan to install Windows 7, which is going to lose support from Microsoft on January 14, 2020, or have the cash to spare for an Apple device, there aren't ...

I just bought a new laptop and need to make a decision. For 15-20 years I've run cygwin. For the new laptop should I try Microsoft's Linux subsystem, or stick with cygwin? The machine will dual boot ...

Consulting firm reports that about 40 percent of Linux PCs will be modified to run an illegal copy of Windows. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research ...

You may have installed Ubuntu or any other Linux distro on your PC alongside Windows. But maybe now, you don’t want to use Linux anymore. In this case, you will end ...