Folder: Operating Systems

Articles about Operating Systems

iOS

Definition
An operating system for smartphones used by Apple in their "iphones."
Android

Definition
A humanoid robot (not to be confused with a cyborg, which is a human with cybernetic body parts), or the name of a Linux-based operating system for smartphones sponsored by Google.
Dual Boot

Practice of installing Windows and Linux—two operating systems—on the same computer.
BSD

An operating system based on the original BSD operating system developed in the 80's, such as GhostBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and NetBSD.
macOS

Operating system developed by Apple, designed to run on Apple's hardware, which are called "Mac" computers.
Ubuntu

What is Ubuntu? Ubuntu (ubuntu.com) is a free Linux-based operating system for desktop computers, said to be one of the easiest Linux distros to use if you're migrating from Windows. Ubuntu is backed by an organization called Canonical, which is like the Microsoft of Linux! ...partially because it has faced criticism before for some practices […]
Linux Mint

Definition
A free Linux-based operating system that is a bit similar to Windows.
Linux

What is Linux? Linux is a free operating system with open source code that can be installed in desktop computers as an alternative for Windows, although its main use is in web servers. Because its source code is open, various other systems are based on it, such as Android for smartphones and the SteamOS. More […]
Windows

Definition
An operating system created by Microsoft, used in most PCs today.