ZDNET key takeaways Logging in as the root user should never be done on Linux.Using the root account could lead to ...

The Qilin ransomware operation was spotted executing Linux encryptors in Windows using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to ...

If you manually partition your Linux PC, you're setting up all the necessary partitions for your system and allocating disk ...

When an application doesn't respond, it's usually accompanied by it gobbling up system resources. Should that application consume all your remaining CPU or RAM, your system could become unresponsive, ...

Blue Recorder is another basic screen recorder that's as effective as it is easy. Blue Recorder sits somewhere between Kooha and Simple Screen Recorder in terms of simplicity and features. With this ...

The payload is triggered only between August 8, 2027, and November 29, 2028, and does two destructive things: randomly kills ...

Firefox 145 has arrived with new features, enhanced privacy protection, and the end of support for 32-bit Linux systems.

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Mojang announced a big change is coming to Minecraft: Java Edition, one that could make it a whole lot easier to make mods ...

It finally happened. Linux gamers on Steam as of the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for October 2025 have crossed over the ...

If you want to keep Widgets enabled but clean it up a bit, open the Widgets menu, click the Settings gear in the top-right ...

Ubuntu Summit The Register FOSS desk sat down with Canonical's vice-president for engineering, Jon Seager, during Ubuntu Summit earlier this month. This is a heavily condensed version of our ...