As well as Coreutils, the Build 2026 developer conference also saw Microsoft announce WSL containers CLI and API to deploy ...

With Microsoft's new Dev Configs, a Windows installation becomes a ready-to-use developer workstation with a single command – ...

May 2026 delivered a sizeable set of Linux software updates, including the set I've rounded up for your reading pleasure in ...

I switched to WSL 2 and finally stopped feeling locked into Windows — here's why that changes everything.

WSL has come a long way.

I've been using Ubuntu for decades. Whether you're new to the OS or returning to it after a while, these are the essential apps, hidden settings, and useful tweaks you need to know about. I've been ...

I spend more time today than ever before interacting with terminal windows, which is something I don’t think Past Me would have believed in the early ’90s. Back then, poor MS-DOS was the staid ...

Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of Linux is setting off alarm bells as defenders scramble to ward off severe ...

Canonical is adding AI features to Ubuntu soon, but says users can remove any of the ones they don’t want. Canonical is adding AI features to Ubuntu soon, but says users can remove any of the ones ...

Canonical plans to add AI features ‘throughout 2026’ but says ‘Ubuntu is not becoming an AI product.’ Canonical plans to add AI features ‘throughout 2026’ but says ‘Ubuntu is not becoming an AI ...

Canonical has posted a new set of system requirements for the release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, otherwise known as Resolute Raccoon, and they are now higher than what Microsoft recommends for Windows 11.

This project is a complete audit of Git, the world's most widely used distributed version control system. It examines Git not just as a technical tool, but as a case study in why open source software ...