You can revive your aging PC with a lightweight Linux distro such as Puppy Linux and Linux Lite. But which one should you choose?

Unix died because of endless incompatibilities between versions. Linux succeeded on servers and everywhere else because it ...

To install Linux Mint on your VMware Workstation, begin by creating a new virtual machine within the software, selecting your ...

The next time you buy a computer, you’ll likely get one tied to the ancient computing past — Unix. Yes, you heard that right, Unix. Here’s why. Unix was originally developed at AT&T’s Bell Labs ...

They say good things come in small packages, but the concept doesn't seem to always apply in tech. Computers with impressive processing power tend to be bigger machines, big-screen TVs are a ...

MX Linux is a blend of mostly old and some new things. The result is an appealing midweight Linux operating system. The midweight category is a bit unusual. Desktop environments that run well on ...

Crucial early evolutionary step found, imaged, and ... amazingly ... works Computer History Museum software curator Al Kossow has successfully retrieved the contents of the over-half-a-century old ...

On "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0 Day," tech lovers all over the world celebrated the moment when the clocks in the popular Unix computer operating system struck that exact stream of numbers. But on Feb. 13, ...

Computer History Museum software curator Al Kossow has pulled the contents from a more than half-century-old tape found at ...

NEW PROVIDENCE— Dennis Ritchie was supposed to travel to Tokyo last month to receive the prestigious Japan Prize for his role in inventing the UNIX computer operating system. The earthquake and ...

In the business world, Unix computers are typically used for server applications and high-end graphics workstations, such as those used in creating computer graphics. Even if you're not a system ...