With the end of support for Windows 10 finally here, many have (perhaps surprisingly) opted instead to jump to Linux instead ...

Want to run whatever browser you want and not be forced into Edge? Sick of being told to "upgrade" to Windows 11? Tired of one Windows 10 zero-day after another being exploited? I have a radical ...

After years of trying lightweight Linux distros, a modified Windows setup finally made my old laptop enjoyable again.

Open WSL Terminal. Navigate the root directory or top folder inside of the Terminal. Type in explorer.exe and hit Enter to open that location inside of the File Explorer. After you access these files ...

I just bought a new laptop and need to make a decision. For 15-20 years I've run cygwin. For the new laptop should I try Microsoft's Linux subsystem, or stick with cygwin? The machine will dual boot ...

Click to viewThere's no doubt that Linux—particularly Ubuntu—is a killer operating system full of excellent apps, but for about a million reasons, you're stuck running Windows as your main operating ...

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

With Microsoft and Canonical working together on a number of projects, the Internet has been rife with speculation and rumors. Some feared that Microsoft was planning to buy Canonical and shut down ...

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If you are a Linux user that has to use Windows — or even a Windows user that needs some Linux support — Cygwin has long been a great tool for getting things done. It provides a nearly complete Linux ...

In recent years, Microsoft has warmed up to Linux, which it used to see as a rival. Now, there's more use of Linux than Windows on Microsoft Azure.