Linux, the cornerstone of modern computing, powers everything from tiny embedded devices to the world's most formidable supercomputers. Its open-source nature has fostered a rich ecosystem of ...

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 ...

A standards effort is Linux's answer to avoiding some of the fragmentation that split Unix into several incompatible versions. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

We list the best Linux distros for Windows users, to make it simple and easy for users to move from using Windows to Linux ...

We aren't just talking simple Apache Web servers and Dell boxes running Red Hat, but an entire next generation of applications that takes Java, Web services and Internet infrastructure as a given and ...

There are a few different reasons why the average person — as opposed to an enthusiast tinkerer — might want to try out one of the many available flavors of free Linux-based operating systems. If ...

Linux application development could get a little easier following last week’s release of a specification designed by a group of technology vendors in an attempt to ensure that software works the same ...

Today, SUSE announced that it is creating a hard fork of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and that it will develop and maintain an RHEL-compatible distribution. SUSE says that it will invest $10 ...