Linux has been making serious inroads in government as well as in other markets. We all know why this is. The quick summary is it works well and the price is right. As in most of the world, Linux has ...

My LUG's annual Linux Demo Day is approaching, and I'd like to include a list of Linux-powered consumer electronic devices, such as the TiVo DVR.<BR><BR>Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find many ...

Jim Zemlin, executive director of the non-profit Linux Foundation, has been using Linux for about as long as I have, which is roughly half the time that Linux has been around. I recently spoke with ...

The Tiny Core Project offers up the tiniest of Linux distros, shipping three variants on which you can build your own environments. The lightest edition is Core, weighing in at just 17MB, which comes ...

Linux is a tried-and-true, open-source operating system released in 1991 for computers, but its use has expanded to underpin systems for cars, phones, web servers and, more recently, networking gear.

We list the best Linux desktops, to make it simple and easy to better customize your Linux home screen experience. The thought of a desktop environment as a separate entity from the operating system ...

Gartner predicts that Linux penetration on the desktop will remain below 2% for the next five years. Why hasn't Linux on the desktop taken off? It’s free, easier to use than ever, IT staffers know it ...

In the comments on my recent posts about installing Linux on a netbook for a novice user (see my recommendations and my own results), someone mentioned that figuring out the disk partitioning was very ...

Nearly every month, there are more reports of federal, state, and local governments in the United States running Linux on new applications. Based on the anecdotal evidence, Linux is everywhere. But ...