Modern PCs, tablets and smartphones have an easy-to-use, graphical veneer that hides the complexity of the operating system software beneath that enables them work. While the developers of your device ...

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 ...

If you don't know what the Linux desktop operating system is, or if you're new to it, Jack Wallen's quick explainer will get you up to speed. Linux. What is it? At one point in time it was a niche ...