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ZDNET's key takeaways Both Linux Mint and Zorin OS are great operating systems.You'll find ease of use and a wide range of ...

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Linux is usually free to use and designed by teams of enthusiasts rather than a profit-driven corporation. Linux varies in ...

This article is excerpted from Windows Developer Power Tools, by James Avery and Jim Holmes, with permission of O’Reilly Media Inc. All rights reserved. Mono is an ...

Microsoft may still dominate the operating system market, but Linux and Apple’s Mac OS platforms were the fastest-growing in 2010, according to new data from Gartner. Worldwide operating system ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. You’ve probably heard of Ubuntu, one of the most popular Linux ...

So far this year we’ve seen a few reports about malware that’s affecting Macs. Now Elastic Security Labs has released its spring 2023 Global Threat Report. It offers a big-picture look at the state of ...

With my Basic Guide to Days of Risk to provide an introduction, I wanted to do a check up on days-of-risk for 2006 for Windows and the main Enterprise OS distributions. Also, I thought it would be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. Having a game run on Linux that isn't built for Linux? That's ...