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Linux users now have access to a new version of Skype. In an announcement today, Skype revealed the availability of an alpha version of a new Skype for Linux client, saying "the launch ... ensures we ...

For a company that once painted Linux and open source as cancers, Microsoft has been doing a lot in the past years to embrace both. It's not going to be an open source company, of course, and many ...

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Microsoft is bringing Linux GUI apps support to Windows. The company at its 2020 annual Build Developers conference has announced that they are making some improvements in Windows Subsystem for better ...

In today's open source roundup: Six GUI firewall management applications in Linux. Plus: Linux Lite 2.2 released, and the story of how Kali Linux was created The command line is a powerful tool for ...

Linux GUI app support is now shipping. It's available as part of the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2. Enables the ability to run graphical Linux apps on Windows. Update: Microsoft has since clarified ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is starting to allow Windows 10 testers to access Linux GUI apps. The ...