A core group of early Microsoft developers and business leaders reunited this week, 40 years after releasing Windows 1.0, ...

A scrappy group of early Microsoft developers and business leaders reunited this week, 40 years after releasing Windows 1.0, sharing previously untold stories and reflecting on how their work set the ...

I love Tiny11 Builder, but what if you just want to clean up an existing Windows 11 install? This is a strong contender.

FreeBSD has a tool for automating package building called the Poudriere build system, but this couldn't build the base OS. It ...

Privacy and user control: Zorin OS 18 respects user privacy and isn’t bogged down with AI extras like CoPilot and Recall. You ...

ZDNET key takeaways There are tons of brilliant open-source apps.You'll find open-source titles for Linux, MacOS, and Windows.Some of these apps are so good, they should have a price tag. Since I ...

The latest release of Ultramarine makes one very big change - and it's good news for new and experienced Linux users.

Immutable Linux is the future and Ultramarine has big plans to make the switch some time in the future. Until then, it should still be on the top of your "wish list" of Linux distributions.

Ever wondered what owning a computer in the 1980s was like? Outside of nostalgia, it wasn’t the best. Until 1984, unless you were in some kind of strange lab or university, nearly everything was ...

On November 20th, 1985, a then not-so-big company called Microsoft announced that Windows was commercially available. Read the full story of the Microsoft operating system below. Windows 1 to 11: The ...

In 1985, Bill Gates demonstrated at Comdex what could be done with the graphical user interface “Windows 1.0” and praised how much it “oriented itself to the natural visual and working habits of ...