Parental controls are outdated. Make your PC fun for all ages using operating systems designed specifically for tech-savvy tykes.

Free Open Source Operating Systems Today I will list some of the most popular, open-source, and therefore free, operating systems available to computer users.

Following up on its enigmatic announcement-of-an-announcement last week, Valve has unveiled SteamOS, a free stand-alone operating system “for living room machines.” ...

Is this the era of free operating systems? Microsoft's "devices and services" mantra means that the company, eventually, has to make Windows free. Written by Matt Baxter-Reynolds, Contributor ...

An operating system is the essential software that's needed to run your computer's suite of software. Everything from video games to web browsing, basic word processing, and more is down thanks to ...

None of the major PC vendors is ready to publicly commit to Google's newly announced operating system.

Will we give up a decades-long relationship with Windows just because it costs a few bucks more than its competitors? In a world where PC adoption has cratered, what of the future of Windows ...

A Software Populist Who Doesn’t Do Windows A version of the Linux operating system called Ubuntu represents the fastest-growing threat to Microsoft in developed countries.

Crash Course Computer Scienceis available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku ...

News about Linux, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.