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 ...

I've been using Linux since 1997. Years ago, I reached the point where I was certain there was nothing that could surprise me anymore. Fast forward to this past weekend when Jorge Castro reached out ...

The impression I gathered from last week’s BrainShare is that Novell’s current thrust is going to be all about the packaging and the marketing. SuSE Linux will be packaged up in a number of different ...

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 ...

Using Ubuntu Linux to import and edit photos from a digital camera. By J. D. Biersdorfer Companies are starting to see the advantages of being able to do large amounts of computing with technology ...

Even though it's still a test kernel, calling it "2.6" is a signal for programmers to get down to work testing and stamping out bugs rather than experimenting with new ideas, Torvalds said in a ...

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 ...