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UNIX vs. Linux vs. Windows: 4 Key Comparisons

IT Toolbox

UNIX, Linux, and Windows are operating systems with GUIs, hardware support, networking, and file management. The post UNIX vs. Linux vs. Windows: 4 Key Comparisons appeared first on.

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Epic v. Apple turns into Windows v. Xbox

The Verge

The market is also much smaller: tens or hundreds of millions sold, compared to “billions” of Windows devices. Windows computers, according to Wright, are “general-purpose” devices. Wright made a point of discussing all the different ways that users could get apps on Windows. Why is this useful to Apple?

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DOJ suit over Apple iPhone cites failures of Amazon Fire Phone and Microsoft Windows Phone

GeekWire

That’s due in part to repeated references and comparisons in the suit to the DOJ’s prior antitrust case against Microsoft over its Windows monopoly in the late 1990s. Barriers are so high that Google is a distant third to Apple and Samsung despite the fact that Google controls development of the Android operating system.

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Is Linux really that hard to use?

IT Toolbox

So I am going to compare some common tasks between Linux, windows and macos to see if Linux is really that hard to use. I will base these comparisons on a fresh install of the operating system as it comes out of the box so to speak. The most common complaint I am informed about regarding Linux is that it is hard to use.

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Microsoft postpones Windows anti-exploit tool's retirement

Network World

company dismissed EMET as a behind-the-times tool, and again urged customers to upgrade to Windows 10, arguing that the new operating system is much more secure than previous editions when supplemented by EMET. At the same time, the Redmond, Wash. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the business of Windows

The Verge

Microsoft wants to make Windows 11 more flexible and open We’ve got a special episode of Decoder today — I’m talking to Satya Nadella, the CEO and chairman of Microsoft. And I definitely wanted to know about the decision to run Android apps on Windows. Nadella also mentions “aggregators” in the context of the Windows store.

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2 colossal Chrome OS changes to keep an eye on

Computerworld Vertical IT

To its credit, Google's taken some significant steps toward extending the lifespan of Chrome OS devices as of late, with the typical software support window now stretched from a one-time maximum of six and a half years to a much more reasonable standard of eight years — occasionally even more.