ZDNET's key takeaways If you're looking to move from Windows, you have options.Zorin OS and AnduinOS both have the look and ...

Ubuntu MATE uses the MATE desktop (which is lightweight yet full-featured), which makes it easy for new users to hop onto the Linux bandwagon. MATE is as easy as it gets, with a bottom panel, a top ...

Kali Linux has released version 2025.4, its final update of the year, introducing three new tools, desktop environment improvements, and enhanced Wayland support.

Looking for a Linux distribution that delivers more power and control? If you're new to Linux, only one of these may be right for you.

I’ve been a PC gamer for over 30 years, and during that time, Microsoft’s operating systems (first MS-DOS, then various ...

Window Maker Live 13.2 is stubbornly keeping 32-bit PCs alive on Debian 13 "Trixie," shipping a new release that boots on ...

The overall quality of the Windows experience is at a historic low point, due to increasing concerns over AI and feature bloat, and a long list of crippling bugs. With that in mind, many PC gamers are ...

As Linux (and SteamOS) makes inroads among gamers, Microsoft tips updates to power management and system scheduling in ...

After you have written the code for some awesome application, you of course want other people to be able to use it. Although ...

Plus critical critical Notepad++, Ivanti, and Fortinet updates, and one of these patches an under-attack security hole ...

The pro-Russia hacktivist group CyberVolk launched a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) called VolkLocker that suffered from ...

Back in the mid 1990s, the release of Microsoft’s Windows 95 operating system cemented the Redmond software company’s dominance over most of the desktop operating system space. Apple ...