The Unix underpinnings of Mac OS make it feel familiar and accessible to programmers used to working in Unix-like environments. Apple’s Xcode IDE and other development tools are thoughtfully crafted ...

A new chapter in the browser's brief history begins as Google starts taking Chrome beyond Windows. Watch out for the missing features and 424 bugs, though. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

Although macOS has a Unix foundation, it often feels more locked down compared to the openness of Linux. That hasn’t stopped me from shaping my Mac into something much closer to the environment I ...

The Asahi Linux for Mac project has made some improvements, with the latest version adding initial support for M2 chips as well as the Mac Studio, along with Bluetooth. A project to port Linux to ...

The other day I posted a poll which asked "If you were to ditch Windows, would you go to Linux or Mac?" The results of that poll are, I think, very interesting. Out of just under 3,000 respondents, 46 ...

Mac users looking for the best gaming performance from their Apple hardware will be excited to hear about the latest OpenGL drivers meeting industry standards. What will come as a bigger shock is that ...

C ollabora Online is a suite of web apps for editing documents, based on LibreOffice and intended to compete with Google Docs. Now, Collabora is coming full circle and releasing new desktop ...

The day has finally arrived. Let the trumpets blare and confetti rain from the sky. With three weeks to spare, Google has met its self-imposed deadline and the beta version of its Chrome Web browser ...

As interest in the open source Linux operating system has become more mainstream, companies such as IBM and Hewlett-Packard have joined the UK's major Linux trade show, Linux Expo UK. At this year's ...