The computer's master control program. When a computer is turned on, a small "boot program" loads the operating system. Although additional system modules may be loaded as needed, the main part, known ...

Chances are, you've already picked a side—but is it the best choice? Let's compare Apple and Google's mobile operating ...

One problem with building things using state-of-the-art techniques is that sometimes those that look like they will be “the next big thing” turn out to be dead ends. Next thing you know, that hot new ...

Thanks to a bug report on the Chromium Issue Tracker, we've been treated to leaked videos of the nascent operating system (via PC World ). Known as Aluminium OS, this shiny new system shows a lot of ...

When the Volla Tablet first launched last year, the 12.6 inch tablet with a MediaTek Helio G99 processor and 12GB of RAM was designed to ship with a choice of two operating systems: Ubuntu Touch or ...

After decades on Linux, FreeBSD finally gave me a reason to switch operating systems ...

What are open-source operating systems? Underpinning an operating system, for example Windows on your PC or Android on your phone, is many, many lines of code. Allowing anyone to inspect the source ...

This is a bit of a departure for me in the Linux distribution review area because Redox OS isn't exactly a new Linux distribution. It's an experimental, UNIX-like, general-purpose, microkernel-based ...

Operating system Redox OS, written in Rust, reached an important development milestone: for the first time, a commit was made ...

With cybersecurity threats on the rise and data breaches occurring almost every week, it’s natural to ask: What is the most secure operating system (OS)? Unfortunately, the answer isn’t ...

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