While seasoned veterans of Windows and the Internet at large will have a reverence of sorts for installing things manually ...

Sure you know how many PCs are on your network, but can you say for sure how many have out-of-date licenses or pirate software? We look at asset tracking software that helps you do this and much more.

As you're probably well aware, Windows doesn't have the elegant package management system that Linux users have enjoyed for ...

In the realm of Linux distributions, Debian stands out for its stability, security, and rich repository of software packages. Managing these packages efficiently is fundamental to maintaining system ...

Security patches are a big worry: they come out at odd times, they suck up your bandwidth, and just occasionally they break things. We look at patch management packages to ease the burden. If you ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Microsoft is dropping plans to combine several of its ...

Over the past decade, open-source software has become a transformative force for data science and AI development, collaboration, and innovation. Among its benefits are transparency, cost-effectiveness ...

As I've mentioned before I'm an openSUSE user, and as long as they don't make the "U" lower case again, I'll probably stick with it. When it comes to package management, OpenSUSE and SUSE Linux ...

They may not be sexy, but package managers are an integral part of every developer's work -- using the right ones can make you more productive. Read on to find out what -- and where -- they are. It's ...