There you have it—five apps that can help transform a bare Linux installation into a complete, functional system. Install ...

Krusader is one of those must-have computing toolsthat turns difficult or tedious computing tasks into easy,point-and-click operations. It’s an advanced twin-panel file managerthat’s loaded with ...

Open WSL Terminal. Navigate the root directory or top folder inside of the Terminal. Type in explorer.exe and hit Enter to open that location inside of the File Explorer. After you access these files ...

To install Linux Mint on your VMware Workstation, begin by creating a new virtual machine within the software, selecting your ...

Earlier this year Microsoft shared its plans to integrate a full Linux kernel in Windows 10 — now it’s introducing Linux file access into the File Explorer. Users have been able to access Linux files ...

Dinky is GUI-like with tabs and themes; Ne is keyboard-forward. Replace Nano with a modern alternative.

Windows only: Dual-booters have long been able to get at their Windows-formatted files, but Windows certainly doesn't make it easy to go the other way 'round. Enter Linux Reader, a free Windows ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft previously revealed its plans to ship a full Linux kernel in Windows 10, ...

When Apple was about to introduce Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard, John Siracusa wrote in the summer of 2006 about how a new file system should be coming to Macs (which it did, 11 years later). The ...

There are quite a few interesting things that you can do with "zip" commands other than compress and uncompress files. Here are some other zip options and how they can help. Some of us have been ...