At Build 2020 today, Microsoft gave developers a slew of new tools to coax them into using Windows over macOS or Linux. Windows Terminal is now out of preview for enterprises, and Windows Subsystem ...

The first one lets you draw that cool ASCII art without any typing.

The terminal is the most widely used piece of Linux software, and now it even ships as an option on any Pixel phone. You just have to know where to look. Yet once you find this command line prompt, ...

Modern Chromebooks support installing Linux apps, meaning the Play Store isn’t the only place to download apps. This makes Chrome OS devices all the more valuable, given that they can run everything ...

Homebrew is a free, open-source package manager for Linux and MacOS that simplifies the installation and management of software. Think of Homebrew as a command-line version of the App Store that ...

Linux apps can expand your Chromebook's capabilities and open up all sorts of interesting options — but first, you have to know where to begin. Google’s Chrome OS platform sure isn’t what it used to ...

The Linux terminal itself can be used on current Android smartphones. The steps to use it on a Pixel 9 Pro XL with Android 15 are as follows: First, you need to enable Developer Options, so open the ...

Why I recommend these 5 Linux file managers over GUI - and they're all free ...

Chris has reported for various tech and consumer goods outlets over the past decade, including Android Police and MakeUseOf since early 2022. Previously, he has contributed to outlets such as ...

Google is advancing Android 16's Linux Terminal, enabling it to run graphical Linux applications, including the classic game Doom. This development is facilitated by enhancements such as hardware ...

The Martin Ankerl weblog performance-tested many popular terminal applications on their text through capabilities (the time it takes to load and display the full content of a very large text file) to ...

When Google first launched Chrome OS, the operating system was basically a glorified web browser designed to run web apps. Over time Google added support for running some applications offline and ...