When we talk about computers -- PCs, smartphones, cars -- we generally assume that there's just one operating system: A single, monolithic piece of software that manages each individual piece of ...

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Linux is a tried-and-true, open-source operating system released in 1991 for computers, but its use has expanded to underpin systems for cars, phones, web servers and, more recently, networking gear.

The second preview release of Windows 10 begins to flesh out Microsoft’s vision of an operating system that bridges the gap between traditional PCs and touch-based tablets — something it failed at ...