I've used both Linux and MacOS for years. But if you have to decide between them, ask yourself these seven simple questions.

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Four years after launching Windows 11 and prodding PC owners to update, Microsoft has finally decided that it's time force ...

Microsoft is planning to open source the full server-side .NET core stack and to take that open-sourced .NET core to Linux and Mac OS X, alongside Windows. Microsoft officials announced the company's ...

I've been testing PC and mobile software for more than 20 years, focusing on photo and video editing, operating systems, and web browsers. Prior to my current role, I covered software and apps for ...

Could we possibly find an individual more unlike Linus Torvalds? We are told Jobs is ill-tempered, mean, merciless, unconscionable and abusive to those that work with and for him. We are told to trust ...

No matter what OS you use, you need to think about security. But what happens when you don't have time to think? Turn to Ars! We've got you covered with five freeware or shareware security tools for ...

The reason that Knoppix was the first Linux distro I'd used was probably because of the TechTV show The Screen Savers. I ...

Let's start right off by tackling the most pertinent question for this article: why the heck would someone want to run Linux on a Mac system that already has a very nice Linux distro hidden beneath ...

Up until now, Mac OS X and Linux users had been left out of the social—that is to say they haven’t been able to use the Microsoft Zune with their operating system. “Until now” because the library ...

As a fairly new desktop Linux user I've been a distro-hopping fanatic, exploring the functionality and key differences between the array of excellent options out there. While a "forever distro" is the ...