Play Half-Life 2 natively on Mac OS (including Mac OS 10.15 and up!). This project's goal is to package my fork of the source-engine in a portable (made possible by my Portable Mac Directory tool), ...

Linux, but not open-source.

Trixie plus a carefully configured MATE setup, and absolutely nothing else The Desktop Classic System is a rather unusual hand-built flavor of Debian featuring a meticulously configured spatial ...

macOS Monterey version 12 is a stable, lightweight upgrade that works great on older Macs, and you can use the direct DMG or ISO links to download, install, upgrade, or downgrade your system easily.

elementary OS and Ubuntu Budgie are Linux distributions. Both of these distros are beautiful and user-friendly. One of these desktop distros is more flexible than the other. I have a soft spot in my ...

Simular, a startup building AI agents for Mac OS and Windows, has raised a $21.5 million Series A led by Felicis, with NVentures (Nvidia’s venture arm), existing seed investor South Park Commons, and ...

In various ways, this year’s Apple operating system updates (iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 and so on) represented a major departure from the past, from the new version numbering system to the radical ...

In February 1982, Apple employee #8 Chris Espinosa faced a problem that would feel familiar to anyone who has ever had a micromanaging boss: Steve Jobs wouldn’t stop critiquing his calculator design ...

The San Francisco 49ers may have a valuable trade chip this off-season in Mac Jones, even though Jones is content in the process of playing for a high-quality organization. Jones addressed his ...

If you thought you knew every Linux distro, think again. These obscure distros are fascinating and impressive. You can download and install each of these for free. It ...

I've been writing about software and hardware for PCMag for more than 40 years, focusing on operating systems, office suites, and communication and utility apps. I've specialized in everything related ...

On Monday, Apple released macOS 26, also known as macOS Tahoe, to the world. The new operating system is available to anyone with an Apple Silicon Mac and also runs on some older Intel Macs, too.