The Unix underpinnings of Mac OS make it feel familiar and accessible to programmers used to working in Unix-like environments. Apple’s Xcode IDE and other development tools are thoughtfully crafted ...

Background: I have a spare early 2015 Macbook Pro (model A1502 EMC2835) that chugs on Wind10. I'm considering a Linux install. Use case: This would be for my 10 yr old daughter to mostly use ...

Mac users looking for the best gaming performance from their Apple hardware will be excited to hear about the latest OpenGL drivers meeting industry standards. What will come as a bigger shock is that ...

Fedora Asahi Remix Apple Silicon Mac Linux OS is based on Fedora Linux 39 and is compatible with all M1 and M2 series MacBook, Mac Mini, Mac Studio, and iMac devices. This wide range of compatibility ...

The Asahi Linux project has done a lot of work over the past few years to allow users to install and run Linux on recent Macs with Apple Silicon processors. But while most features are already working ...

Homebrew is a free, open-source package manager for Linux and MacOS that simplifies the installation and management of software. Think of Homebrew as a command-line version of the App Store that ...

Sometimes the best PC isn't a PC at all ...

Finding faults in a computer system can mean exploiting it — which is what we’ve been conditioned to think of when we hear the term “hacker” — or it can mean you’re trying to find ways of making the ...

OS X is mostly Posix compliant, and you can get a huge swath of Linux tools through Homebrew, so I don't know why you would want to. I know about the "Unix behind the nice GUI" of Os X, I've used it a ...

I challenge myself to replace my Mac with Fedora Linux for a full work week. It's a serious escalation from just using Linux ...

The Mac has taken a back seat to Linux as the number two operating system in use by customers of Valve Software's Steam gaming service, according to the company's most recently polled survey data.