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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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Is Linux really that hard to use?

IT Toolbox

The most common complaint I am informed about regarding Linux is that it is hard to use. So I am going to compare some common tasks between Linux, windows and macos to see if Linux is really that hard to use. Personally, I find this complaint very puzzling.

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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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Technology Short Take 135

Scott Lowe

Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s a post on using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run Linux containers on Windows. Ben Kehoe provides readers with a hygienic Python setup for Linux, macOS, and WSL. Gaurav Agarwal has a write-up on understanding Kubernetes multi-container Pod patterns.

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Is a single management solution required for multi-hypervisor environments?

Virtualized Greek

Or should I say, I haven’t seen a great operating model for seamlessly managing both Windows and Linux. For instance, there was the whole Windows vs. automobile industry meme that was going around a few years ago. That proved to be more of apples to oranges comparison, but I think the OS example is a good comparison.

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Valve officially reveals its ‘Steam Deck,’ a portable gaming PC that looks like a Nintendo Switch

GeekWire

Three initial reactions, on my end: $399 for this seems crazily inexpensive, particularly by comparison with the Valve’s VR headset Index. Internally, the Steam Deck runs on a new version of SteamOS , the Linux-based operating system that Valve used to run for its Steam Machine project.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. It’s a radical rethinking of how we even view our current choices of UNIX-derived operating systems.