Linux is not the same as Windows. The operating system is operated and configured differently than Windows and Windows programs cannot be started directly. With the help of virtualization or Wine, ...

A newly disclosed vulnerability in a Linux program can be exploited for local privilege escalation — and ultimately to acquire root privileges, researchers at cybersecurity vendor Qualys said today.

Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Mint or Debian typically have many programs and utilities installed by default you may or may not need for your business. There may come a time when you will need to ...

The Linux Foundation has announced a new certification programme both for those at the start of their careers and systems administrators. A media release from the Foundation, a non-profit which works ...

The world of Linux is ready to welcome you, with a shower of free open-source software you can use on any PC: hundreds of active Linux distributions, and dozens of different desktop environments you ...

If you miss the early days of Linux, when you were the one who decided what was installed on your OS, Fedora has a treat for ...

Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Why would you want to switch to the Linux desktop? There are many reasons, but the short ...

In this TechRepublic How to Make Tech Work video, Jack Wallen shows you the step-by-step process of compiling a C++ program on Linux, using Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 for his demo. I am going to show you ...

With the prices of graphics cards and RAM hitting record highs and causing many new PC builds to become prohibitively expensive, resorting to cloud-streaming services such as Nvidia's GeForce NOW to ...

So you’re switching from Windows to Linux? Great. Like other users and organizations who’ve taken the plunge, it’s likely you’re making the move to take advantage of Linux’s stability and reliance on ...

Linux, also known as GNU/Linux, is a free, UNIX-like operating system, developed originally for home PCs, but which now runs on practically every hardware platform available including PowerPC, ...

An Ubuntu Bash shell as a Windows app? Fantastic! Here's how to proceed. Microsoft has ruled the operating system world for many years, and it's staggering to see how many computers run Microsoft ...