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 ...

A GUI is familiar to most users of PCs and laptops. GUIs feature a desktop, where everything is displayed. Applications run in windows and all objects (apps, hardware and files) are represented by ...

What are open-source operating systems? Underpinning an operating system, for example Windows on your PC or Android on your phone, is many, many lines of code. Allowing anyone to inspect the source ...

How many times have you been asked what operating system version you use, and you haven’t got a clue? The question is often asked when you’re seeking technical support for software or hardware issues, ...

Windows 10 was launched in July 2015. It was supposed to be the last major operating system (OS) upgrade, but Microsoft released Windows 11 in October 2021, and now Windows 10 has reached end of life, ...

For ages now, every annual report on desktop operating system market share has had the same top two contenders: Microsoft’s Windows in a commanding lead at number one and Apple’s macOS in distant ...

Chinese tech giant Huawei on Monday launched its first personal computer (PC) powered by its own operating system, the HarmonyOS, at an event in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, according ...