Installing Linux distributions using WSL is simple enough. The official Microsoft Store has plenty of distros to choose from, ...

Unix died because of endless incompatibilities between versions. Linux succeeded on servers and everywhere else because it ...

The command line interface (CLI), often simply called the terminal, is an essential tool for developers, system administrators, and power users. Despite its ...

Sometimes, learning something new can make things easier for you. Sure, you might have to take some time to get used to all this newness, but in the case of Ubuntu Unity, it's worth the effort. I ...

Phosh is a user interface designed for smartphones running Linux-based operating systems. First developed by Purism for the Librem 5 smartphone, it’s now available for a wide range of devices and ...

Why it’s great: Ubuntu is one of the most recognizable Linux distributions, and for good reason. It offers a polished ...

The annual assertion by open-source developers that the year of the Linux desktop is here may finally be more than a mere catchphrase. According to the web traffic analysis website StatCounter, Linux ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As someone who's been around the block a few hundred times with technology, planned obsolescence has long bothered me. When Microsoft released ...

Hartman] proclaimed the joyous news on the Linux Kernel Mailing List that stable General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) support ...

A bus standard introduced by HP in 1972 has finally gained stable Linux driver support, more than fifty years after its initial release. HP created the interface to link laboratory instruments with ...