Whether it's a desktop or laptop computer, a smartphone or a video game system, every modern computer needs an operating system. That's the core software on the computer that sits between application ...

Free and healthy. These two words sum up the exploding interest in Google's Android operating system (with over 300 million Android-based devices in use as of February 2012, along with more than ...

What are open-source operating systems? Underpinning an operating system, for example Windows on your PC or Android on your phone, is many, many lines of code. Allowing anyone to inspect the source ...

Windows and Mac might get most of the attention, but Linux is an operating system that's worth your time if you plan on working in tech. Prominent in operating hardware like desktops and laptops, ...