We're a week away from Microsoft's big reveal of its next-generation Windows operating system. Unfortunately for Microsoft, its announcement was spoiled this week when an early Windows 11 build leaked ...

If I asked you to name the operating systems people actually use, I would probably get three answers: Windows, macOS, and “Linux, probably.” That is a fair answer in 2026, but it is also a very narrow ...

Teaching little kids to use computers is a great idea, but the thought of exposing innocent minds to the drek that flies across the Internet is enough to make a sane parent think about relocating to ...

Free operating systems based on the Linux operating system kernel invented and published by Linus Torvalds are now a serious alternative to Windows, not least due to the wide range of open source ...

We’ve seen a bunch of efforts to develop free and open source smartphone operating systems over the past decade. But most have relied on at least some proprietary drivers and other software – even on ...

Why it matters: Debian is not the oldest Linux operating system out there, being just a month "younger" than Slackware. But the project started by Ian Murdock certainly is the most successful, as it ...

The way people use smart devices is changing as AI becomes a bigger part of everyday life. At the center of that evolution is ...