If you're setting up a new Windows PC, installing 20 apps that you use every day will require opening the browser and ...

The Linux graphical desktop has improved vastly since its inception some 18 years ago. Gone are the days in which system configuration necessitated use of the command line. The Ubuntu generation has ...

ZDNET key takeaways A drop-down terminal makes for an efficient CLI.MacOS doesn't include a built-in drop-down terminal.With ...

Modern operating systems have no shortage of feature-rich applications. The problem: Sometimes feature-rich turns into flat-out bloat. From email to music to Twitter and beyond, put your system on a ...

I'm trying to run Cisco's command-line VPN client in the background so I don't have to have the GUI open all the time. Just putting an ampersand after it doesn't work since, when I connect to the ...

The Windows 11 Command Prompt is an application that allows you to launch programs and change settings by typing commands into a window. Compared to similar features in the Windows GUI interface, ...

Google launched a new feature for its command-line AI system, Gemini CLI, allowing outside companies to integrate directly ...

Microsoft is bringing a pseudoconsole to Windows 10, which will make it easier for developers to connect their command-line and graphical user interface (GUI)-based applications. In a "back to the ...

The Disks app takes over some more challenging commands, such as fsck, mount, parted, chown, and dd. This app is a handy GUI that also prevents you from having to edit the fstab configuration file ...

Let's start with a key aspect to this situation; I am not a programmer. However, as a Mac user I'm relatively comfortable creating simple AppleScripts and have used it with some success in the past to ...