Over the past few days I have been installing Windows Updates on my two most recently acquired Windows 8 systems (see My New ASUS Laptop and My New Compaq Laptop). I had read several news items and ...

Valve's Gabe Newell says that Windows 8 is a 'catastrophe' and that developing their games and platform for Linux is one way to 'hedge against that eventuality.' With Microsoft's latest operating ...

Microsoft addressed a claim that Windows 8 will not allow Linux operating systems to coexist in a dual-boot configuration on PCs, based on use of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) ...

It used to be easy to run Linux on any PC. That changed with Windows 8 and Secure Boot, but it's still doable. Here's how... So, you’re finally considering giving Linux a try. It’s about time! And ...

The Linux Foundation, Red Hat, and Canonical have all registered discontent with Microsoft’s new mandate that if OEMs want “Designed for Windows 8” certification, Secure Boot must be turned on by ...

Wine is not an emulator like Qemu or a virtualization environment like Virtualbox, but a runtime environment that aims to emulate the Windows API on Linux. This API mapping is not complete, but it is ...

Valve's Gabe Newell slammed eyeballs at yesterday's Casual Connect videogames conference in Seattle, reports All Things D. "Your eyes are troublesome buggers," he said, sighing with what could only be ...