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Windows Genuine Advantage is coming. In its battle against software counterfeiting and piracy, Microsoft will require users to prove they’ve got a valid installation of Windows before receiving software updates. If a copy of Windows hasn’t yet been properly activated, users will be asked for their product key

Probably you have seen many scripts starting with “!#/usr/bin/env”. You might be curious to know what is that “#!” and what it does. The operating system is responsible for loading user programs coming in different formats. The most popular binary format in the Linux world is ELF

Windows Genuine Advantage is coming. In its battle against software counterfeiting and piracy, Microsoft will require users to prove they’ve got a valid installation of Windows before receiving software updates. If a copy of Windows hasn’t yet been properly activated, users will be asked for their product key

The way you utilise your PC can often depend on the operating system you use as well as your level of technical knowledge. Even though most people will turn to macOS or Windows when deciding on an OS, if you want something you can customise, there’s nothing better than Linux. Despite the

Linux is the best-known and most-used open source operating system. As an operating system, Linux is software that sits underneath all of the other software on a computer, receiving requests from those programs and relaying these requests to the computer’s hardware. How does Linux differ from other operating systems?

If you’re wading into Linux waters for the first time, chances are you’ve started with Ubuntu (here’s a guide for installing it!) It’s by far the world’s most popular desktop Linux distribution, it’s a snap to use, and it’s so entrenched in the ecosystem that almost any question you

No Windows, no Linux, no macOS: is there really a desktop operating system that’s worth using outside of the big three? We’ve set out to answer that question, and while there are no absolute definitive answers here – everyone’s use case is different, after all – we’ve discovered ten distinct

Let Ubuntu, an easy-to-use version of Linux, run your computer. Ubuntu When you start comparing computers, you probably pit Windows against macOS—but Linux rarely gets a mention. Still, this lesser-known operating system has a strong and loyal following. That’s because it offers a number of advantages over its competitors. Whether

What operating system do you use? For some, that question may as well be posed in Latin or Sanskrit. For others, it’s an invitation to have a heated debate about the benefits of GUI vs. command line, modern day UI vs. old school metaphor, the pros/cons of

Sick of Android? Don’t want to be part of a proprietary ecosystem? Security and privacy are becoming increasingly important for smartphone users, but what is the answer? For some, abandoning Android and switching to a phone that can run a Linux mobile operating system is the answer.