If there's one thing I really appreciate about Linux, it's the package managers. Honestly, it's something that cannot be overstated enough when comparing the OS against Windows to those who have yet ...

February 7, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Windows only: Ubuntu has Synaptic, OS X has the App Store, but Windows users are often left to fend for ...

Microsoft isn’t exactly turning Windows 10 into a GNU/Linux distribution, but the lines seem to be getting blurrier all the time. When Windows 10 first launched, it was the first version of ...

Windows 10 will actually come with a package manager. Yes, in Windows 10 you can open up a command line shell and install VLC or Firefox or thousands of other packages by typing in a single command.

Often times when something just works, we tend to take it for granted. I think software package management in Linux is one of those things. It just works. Time and time again I have to help people ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...