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A couple of weeks ago, Canonical – the people behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution – hosted a talk by the great Scott Jenson, ...

Ultimately, every problem in the constantly evolving IT software stack becomes a database problem, which is why there are 418 different databases and datastores in the DB Engines rankings and there ...

Puppy Linux is a niche computing solution that shows the flexibility and usefulness of open-source tools and the staying power of the Linux operating system. Normally in this column, I focus on new ...

Linux is an operating system that allows you to interact with the applications you need to use daily. In that respect, it's no different than MacOS or Windows. Although Linux might not be on the mind ...

Linux (come on, you knew it’d be Linux) takes a different approach: no locks, no guardrails, no limits. That’s what makes Linux a real operating system, something its competitors, dwarfing it in ...

CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has covered everything from HDTVs to computers to Flowbee Haircut Systems. Besides his work with CNET, Don's work has been featured in a ...

If you’re in the market for a Linux distribution that offers advanced package and system management, NixOS is a platform that might catch your interest. It stands out with its unique approach to ...

Modern Linux distributions are powerful operating systems that can fully replace Windows or macOS for many users. But there are still some Windows-only applications that may not be available for Linux ...