Microsoft last week made available for free its Services for Unix software, which helps integrate Unix and Windows, and supports migrations of Unix applications to the Microsoft platform.

Thinkstock Samba Another option for moving files between Unix and Windows systems it to make a drive or folder available by “sharing” it. Both Unix and Windows have commands for this. To share ...

Linux users are likely familiar with Wine—a piece of software that allows Windows software to be run on Linux. But did you know you can download and run Linux on Windows natively, and through ...

Modern versions of Windows come with Curl preinstalled, and you can download Wget from the official website. The easiest way of explaining Curl and Wget is imagining they're Batman and Superman of ...

It's simple to get Linux Mint up and running on a Windows PC. Here's how you do it.

If you are unable to boot into Windows after installing Linux Mint or any other distro on your computer, try updating GRUB, using Boot Repair, and adjusting UEFI settings.

If you're already using the Unix-like Cygwin, it's an easy hack to embed Cygwin's commands into your standard Windows comand prompt; if not, it might be worth checking out the free download.

You can make your life a little easier and more productive by adding some Unix power to your Windows system.