Catch up with this week's Microsoft stories in our latest recap. Windows 11 is now run by 70% of Steam users, some known ...

As I've grown more comfortable with Linux, I've discovered alternative methods of installing apps. Sometimes, they're better ...

Eighteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of June 30, 2026): apl-2.0: GNU APL is a free interpreter for the programming language APL. It is an implementation of the ISO stan ...

The video game has been part of tech culture since it launched in 1993, with its signature view of a gun centered of the ...

Kali Linux 2026.2, the second release of the year, is now available for download, featuring 9 new tools and numerous Kali ...

When Windows fails, this tiny USB drive takes over.

Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of Linux is setting off alarm bells as defenders scramble to ward off severe ...

France is trying to move on from Microsoft Windows. The country said it plans to move some of its government computers currently running Windows to the open source operating system Linux to further ...

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A disclaimer: There's no real such thing as a Linux laptop. Linux will work on just about any PC, and I mean that literally. Remember the Intel Pentium 4 processor? It came out in 2000, and it's still ...

I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft ...