Linux can be more than just an OS you tinker with—it can replace Windows and become your daily device for everything.

You want a Linux device that's never broken? Make sure this tool is set up and running regularly.

Huxley Dunsay of Retro Roadshow joins us in the PCWorld studio to show off the BeBox, a 90s dual-CPU PC with a custom operating system.

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Microsoft's decision to end user support for the previous OS version not only unnecessarily raises the cost of equipment and ...

Windows install floppies and discs have gone the way of the dodo, but it still pays to keep a copy of the OS on a USB drive. Here's how to make your own.

As attacks on the operating system grow more serious, the company is teasing a plan to bring “verifiable integrity” to Linux.

The first time I ran any Linux operating system was when I took an introduction to programming courses. Ubuntu was installed on all the computers in the lab because it was lightweight and ...

Windows 11 (center) with Debloater and OO Shut Up, flanked by a MacBook Pro and a <$200 Linux Mint laptop (Tim Allen) This is a guest post by Tim Allen, principal engineer at Wharton Research Data ...