Before you “just switch to Linux,” know this.

I joyfully reunited with my first Linux distro at the Virtual OS Museum ...

TL;DR: Security engineer Andy Nguyen developed PS5-Linux, enabling PS5 Phat consoles on specific firmware versions to run Ubuntu and play Steam games smoothly using a patched hypervisor exploit. The ...

If you’ve ever wondered what it felt like to use the many operating systems Apple (and NeXT) released over the past 40-plus ...

Last year, we noted how the long-standing vagaries of HDMI licensing and open source AMD driver development combined to prevent the upcoming Steam Machine from receiving official support for the HDMI ...

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 ...

Fans of the PS3’s infamous OtherOS feature – which was axed from the console, leading to a class action lawsuit – may be excited to learn there’s now a way to install Linux on your PS5. We saw footage ...

Andrew Warkentin's Virtual OS Museum packages 600-plus historical operating systems into a downloadable Linux VM, with Full and Lite editions for offline use.

Andrew Warkentin has spent over twenty years collecting old operating systems and getting them to run. The result is the ...

When you think of virtual reality (VR), you might imagine someone with a headset playing a video game or watching a movie. But this technology can also help treat certain mental health issues when ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...