An operating system is a collection (or suite) of programs that manages and controls the computer. Operating systems have many functions: A user interface is a program, or suite of programs that ...

Windows 11 has surpassed Windows 10 to become the most widely used desktop operating system (OS) in the world. According to ...

It took Microsoft a long time to integrate virtual desktop functions into its operating system. While virtual desktops had been established under Linux and macOS for years, they only made their ...

The computer's master control program. When a computer is turned on, a small "boot program" loads the operating system. Although additional system modules may be loaded as needed, the main part ...

Without an operating system, your computer cannot function. The first mainstream commercial operating system was Microsoft's DOS, a text-based disk operating system for computers that ran until ...

This desktop operating system has a very special trick up its sleeve. Once installed, if you open an app called Zorin Appearance, you'll find that you can select from different desktop layouts.

If you don't know what the Linux desktop operating system is, or if you're new to it, Jack Wallen's quick explainer will get you up to speed.

QNX has a long checkered history as an embedded operating system. QNX was always famous for being a real time operating system with a microkernel architecture. That is, kernel functions run as a se… ...