Installing Linux distributions using WSL is simple enough. The official Microsoft Store has plenty of distros to choose from, ...

It’s something of an article of faith, that to run Linux your computer must include a hardware memory management unit, or MMU. To an extent it’s true, in that for a Linux-based system to shine it must ...

Microsoft’s romance with Linux over the last few years has reached new heights: developers will now be able to run Linux apps with an honest-to-goodness GUI directly in Windows 10. Developers ...

You may think, "what's the problem? Doesn't Linux run on practically every processor on the planet from 80386s to IBM s390x to the ARM family of which Apple's M1 chip is a child?" Well, yes, yes it ...

Running Linux from a USB drive is possible. You can boot just about any distribution you want from USB. There are some things you should consider before going this route. I've used Linux in just about ...

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

Most Windows programs don't run on Linux, and those that do usually have special versions that are compiled specifically for ...

Some time ago, Linus Torvalds made a throwaway comment that sent ripples through the Linux world. Was it perhaps time to abandon support for the now-ancient Intel 486? Developers had already abandoned ...

Do you want to run a full Linux desktop installation on your Chromebook without giving up ChromeOS? This alteration will give you access to both complete operating systems running simultaneously so ...

You can now get more than just macOS for M1 Macs You can now get more than just macOS for M1 Macs is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for ...

How to run multiple Linux containers in Chrome OS for extra build environments Your email has been sent If you'd like to employ a Chromebook as a developer machine ...