Linux benefits from the strongly-principled ethos of Unix design. Programs communicate via text, you can combine them via ...

What happens when you run a Linux command? This simple act can appear straightforward, but many different things can actually occur, depending on whether you’re running an executable program, a shell ...

Sure, with powerful enough hardware you could run your Windows applications on Linux inside a virtual machine (VM) such as Oracle's VirtualBox. The problem with these is that they don't run well on ...

Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., will try to encourage Unix-to-Windows migrations with its Windows Services for Unix Version 3.5 upgrade, which was formally unveiled late last week, while IBM is trying to ...