ZDNET key takeaways The Linux desktop has continued its slow growth.Linux has been making gains in no small part because of ...

Seeing the level of anger reached in some posts must have been off-putting to some onlookers still on the fence about a ...

Privacy and user control: Zorin OS 18 respects user privacy and isn’t bogged down with AI extras like CoPilot and Recall. You ...

A Microsoft-commissioned study finds that companies could save up to 28 percent by developing applications with Windows instead of with a combination of Linux and Java. During her years at CNET News, ...

Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, and other tech media. Asay has also held a variety of executive roles with leading mobile and big data software ...

For users who are looking to try something new, or who are tired of their Mac OS or Windows operating systems, now just might be the time to switch to something else. The Mac OS system currently uses ...

Microsoft Tuesday opened its annual management confab saying it would ship the next version of Operations Manager by the end of June and laying out its efforts to manage datacenters and virtualized ...

Microsoft's latest Windows 10 preview lets users attach and mount a physical disk inside their Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) distribution of choice. The new feature is available in Windows 10 ...

In recent years, Microsoft has changed its attitude towards the open source operating system Linux. A slimmed-down version can be found, for example, in the Windows subsystem for Linux. This ...

Microsoft has long intended to make Windows the place for developers. Its intention is shown in both software and hardware as the company aims to deliver tools that make it possible to build code ...

Yes, you read that correctly: Microsoft has officially released a web browser for Linux. Ars Technica reports the software behemoth has finally released its first stable version of Edge for Linux. The ...