When I’m asked to recommend a Linux distribution for beginners, I always suggest Ubuntu. It’s one of the easiest to master, but there’s still a learning curve for longtime Windows users. Here's what I ...

Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft's own Fedora-derived Linux distro for Azure cloud workloads. Here is how it compares to Ubuntu, ...

Microsoft is delivering tools to quickly configure Windows PCs as workstations for Windows and Linux development.

A flaw in the Linux kernel's traffic-control subsystem can let a local unprivileged user gain root on affected systems. CVE-2026-46331 , nicknamed " pedit COW ," is an out-of-bounds write in the ...

A crucial Windows security certificate just expired - how to check your PC ...

Microsoft has released Coreutils for Windows, allowing a stack of familiar “Linux-like” command-line utilities to run natively on Windows. What’s notable – *nix tools working their way into the ...

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This project demonstrates the deployment and configuration of a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution using Wazuh, OpenSearch and Windows endpoints. The objective of the lab was to ...

Changes to WSL make staying on Windows easier, especially for developers building or running Linux-based AI, container, or dev workloads.