The annual assertion by open-source developers that the year of the Linux desktop is here may finally be more than a mere catchphrase. According to the web traffic analysis website StatCounter, Linux ...

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two security flaws in the Sudo command-line utility for Linux and Unix-like operating systems that could enable local attackers to escalate their privileges to ...

Denmark Wants to Dump Microsoft Software for Linux, LibreOffice The Danish Ministry for Digital Affairs will move half of its employees off Windows and Microsoft 365 next month as part of a four-year ...

Even though Linux has always been free, I've paid for the OS in various ways over the years. I've seen distributions come and go, most of which were free, but some had an associated cost. In some ...

AMD has quietly released new Linux drivers for its latest graphics cards, the Radeon RX 9060 XT and the Radeon AI PRO R9700. The new drivers are part of the Radeon Software for Linux 25.10.1 package, ...

It took Microsoft long enough, but the company has finally open-sourced its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) code. The announcement was made at the Build 2025 developer conference, closing a nearly ...

Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux has become an important tool for developers and power users since it was introduced in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update back in 2016, giving them access to a ...

"We are opening up the code that creates and powers the virtual machine backing WSL distributions and integrates it with Windows features and resources for community contributions," says Pavan ...

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While popular distributions like Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora have been available on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for a while, you can now officially install and use Arch Linux as well. Arch Linux ...