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IBM to Acquire Red Hat for $34 Billion

IBM announced today that it will acquire open source firm Red Hat for approximately $34…

Linus Torvalds Apologizes for Being a Jerk

Linux inventor and maintainer Linus Torvalds has apologized for his abusive behavior towards others in…

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Replacing Windows? (Premium)

I've been using Windows for over 20 years, but I've always tested its most important…

Thinking About Google Fuchsia
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Thinking About Google Fuchsia (Premium)

For the past few years, Google has been quietly working on a new operating system…

Linux Everywhere
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Bill Gates once remarked that Windows was the most versatile software that the world had…

Microsoft’s Next OS is Based on Linux, Not Windows

Microsoft announced a new operating system for IoT called Azure Sphere OS. But here's the…

Microsoft Opens up the Windows Subsystem for Linux to All Developers

Microsoft launches new tool that lets anyone build their custom Linux distros for the Windows…

Kali Linux Comes to Windows 10's WSL

Kali Linux Comes to Windows 10’s WSL

Kali Linux has joined a growing list of Linux environments that are available in Windows…

The city of Barcelona plans to switch to Linux and other Open Source software solutions by the end of 2018.
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Barcelona Will Be the Next Major Open Source Failure (Premium)

The city of Barcelona plans to switch to Linux and other Open Source software solutions…

Microsoft Brings PowerShell Core to Windows, macOS, and Linux

Microsoft Brings PowerShell Core to Windows, macOS, and Linux

Microsoft announced this week that it has made the initial release of PowerShell Core available…

Living with Windows 10 S: Thinking About the Alternatives

Living with Windows 10 S: Thinking About the Alternatives

Here's a list of what I consider to be the top four alternatives to Windows…

You Can Test Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows Server in Preview

You Can Test Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows Server in Preview

The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now available in Windows Insider builds of Windows Server.

Now Ubuntu is Available on the Windows 10 Insider Preview

Now Ubuntu is Available on the Windows 10 Insider Preview

Ubuntu Linux is now available to those using newer builds of the Windows 10 Insider…

Two SUSE Linux Environments Come to Windows 10 Insider Preview

Two SUSE Linux Environments Come to Windows 10 Insider Preview

Two SUSE Linux environments---Linux Enterprise Server 12 and openSUSE Leap 42---are now available in newer…

Now You Can Run SUSE Linux on Windows 10 Too

Now You Can Run SUSE Linux on Windows 10 Too

SUSE announced this week that it now supports the Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows…

Raspberry Pi Brings Its PIXEL Desktop Environment to PC/Mac

Raspberry Pi Brings Its PIXEL Desktop Environment to PC/Mac

The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced today that it has brought its PIXEL desktop environment to…

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