Secure Boot plays an important role in keeping your Windows system safe from rootkit attacks. While traditionally, this ...

Linux and open source are also on track to become more secure in 2026, as the ecosystem simultaneously hardens the kernel, ...

No one denies that Linux is hard work. (That thar logo on the right is now obsolete, so the satire can be used freely.) I don't. Never have. In fact, for many around here, that's one of its selling ...

If you work in IT, or increasingly even just use a computer at work, you're inevitably going to use a program or system based on Linux. The Complete 2022 Linux Certification Training Bundle tutors you ...

The fear of failure factor is one reason why potential newcomers to the Linux operating system never complete the switch. After all, when was the last time you saw a sign in a big-box computer store ...

Why won’t Linux install on modern Lenovo laptops? The discovery of this problem set off a recent firestorm. But contrary to initial speculation, it’s not that Microsoft is forcing Lenovo to block the ...

After using Windows all my life, Linux has shown me how much faster and more fun a computer can be, and I'm not going back ...

The search giant is sponsoring work to help Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, other software run on Linux via the Wine software layer. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

The company is continuing its effort to integrate Linux interfaces into its Solaris OS, a move that would make it easier to bring programs based on Linux to Solaris machines. Stephen Shankland worked ...

Today’s IT managers face tough choices. PCs that run fine today have an uncertain upgrade path, now that Microsoft has chosen to discontinue Windows XP. Upgrade costs associated with Vista, coupled ...

Microsoft confirmed Friday that it will ship Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 in the upcoming Windows 10 20H1 (2004) release, though updates will be handled though Windows Update, and not the app. As we ...