For decades, desktop Linux distributions primarily used the X Window System (X11) for rendering displays and graphics, but ...

The X terminal is not a new idea; companies such as NCD have been manufacturing them for 15 years or more. The thin client idea fell out of fashion during the late 1990s, however, as the price of PC ...

Linux users who want to run Windows applications without switching operating systems have been able to do so for years with Wine, software that lets apps designed for Windows run on Unix-like systems.

On the whole I rather enjoyed taking a break from OS X and wandering into the world of Linux. I’m not sure if I’d want to live here full-time, though. Ubuntu is a great operating system to use if ...

Linux offers more security, privacy, and freedom from vendors. Modern Linux distros are user-friendly -- even for non-techies. Linux Mint, Zorin OS, MX Linux top beginner distro list. Get more ...

Most of the first computers powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X Plus and Snapdragon X Elite chips are expected to be Windows PCs. But Qualcomm has also indicated that it’s working to ensure that ...

The Mark O. Hatfield Library at Willamette University has used networked X terminals in its public and staff computing environments since 1995. The original workstations were NCD and Tektronix thin ...

How do I install and set up Linux on a Mac? Linux is an interesting and slightly less well-known operating system – although Macworld’s tech-savvy readers are likely to know at least a little about it ...