Smartwatches have become versatile wearables that can run on an alternative operating system (OS) such as watchOS or Wear OS.

Ubuntu Cinnamon combines familiarity and strong hardware support, making it the perfect secondary OS for your PC.

Operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Linux and Apple OSx are the software “bridge” between application code and computer hardware. It’s the operating system (OS) that defines the capabilities ...

Brett Greene, executive coach, ADHD coach, and founder/CEO of New Tech Northwest, at the GeekWire offices in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we get a deeper ...

While these operating systems are a lot of fun to tinker with, many of them have deal-breaking issues, and aren’t worth ...

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 ...

Charles Kalko is a big fan of trusted operating systems. With PitBull from Argus Systems Group Inc., he’s used them to lock down vital functions that run his business-to-business barter site. The ...

Mike Chambers, of Adobe has an excellent podcast this week, and he has become an absolute must listen for anyone who is interested in Flash as a Platform or Rich Internet Applications. This week, he ...

Researchers have announced the creation of the first operating system designed for quantum networks: QNodeOS. The research marks a major step forward in transforming quantum networking from a ...

What was Microsoft’s best Windows operating system of all time? If you’re like us, you have…opinions. Even if you’re not the type to parse through all of the little details that separated Windows 98 ...

An operating system that is designed for a server. Normally, it is a complete operating system with file, task and job management; however, with some earlier products, it was a separate component that ...