What Is an Operating System? An operating system (OS) is the fundamental software that acts as the brain of your computer. It's the master program that orchestrates all the computer's operations, ...

Charles Kalko is a big fan of trusted operating systems. With PitBull from Argus Systems Group Inc., he’s used them to lock down vital functions that run his business-to-business barter site. The ...

Company is determined to keep making its statement, time and time again, that, someday, the operating system won't matter. Gordon Haff is Red Hat's cloud evangelist although the opinions expressed ...

Over 20 years ago, I was a managing editor for a company and was charged with building Linux content for the site. At some point during that gig, I was told that I had to use Microsoft Windows and a ...

Members of the open-source community can now contribute code to Fuchsia, an experimental operating system that Google LLC has been developing over the past four years. Fuchsia first appeared with ...

To some, an operating system is a burden or waste of resources, like those working on embedded systems and other low-power applications. To others it’s necessary, abstracting away hardware so that ...

Microsoft has invested heavily in increasing the security of Windows. The firewall, the automatically activated antivirus program, various security functions for protection against boot viruses and ...

An operating system is the foundation of any computing system, controlling the input and output of data and ensuring that different programs and devices work together effectively. Examples of ...