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 ...

There are already some add-on applets available in the COSMIC app store, such as both minimal and full-featured Start-menu ...

Containers are the universal path to production. Docker Hub handles more than 20 billion pulls each month, and Docker's open source base images have powered the world's software for over a decade.

ZDNET's key takeaways Linux has numerous package managers.There are command-line and GUI tools for the task.Not all package managers are created equal. When I first started using Linux, the package ...

Windows 10 PCs that aren’t enrolled in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) scheme are, weirdly enough, no longer capable of pausing updates. The “Pause updates for 7 days” option appears to be faded.

Microsoft has released the KB5072753 out-of-band cumulative update to fix a known issue causing the November 2025 KB5068966 hotpatch update to reinstall on Windows 11 systems repeatedly. As the ...

A new Microsoft update patches a bug affecting Windows recovery. The bug prevented the use of USB mice and keyboards in WinRE. The new patch is available through Windows Update. Microsoft has fixed a ...

Ah, good old Rufus. Where would we be without you? Well, it seems the answer is a world with far fewer Windows 11 machines. October 14 is the last day Windows 10 users will get critical support from ...

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being ...