Those who revere Linux can’t imagine why Microsoft doesn’t just give Windows a proper burial. After all, Linux is open, it’s free, it performs beautifully on a wide range of hardware, and there is a ...

“Linux is Linux is Linux,” is a direct quote I heard in a meeting I had recently with a major multi-national, critical-infrastructure company. Surprisingly and correctly, there was one intelligent and ...

PARK RIDGE, ILL. — Non-commercial Linux took on a decidedly commercial bent this week, as TimeSys Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) unveiled a software toolset aimed at developers of “roll-your-own” Linux-based ...

Last week, I had the privilege of addressing the North Texas Linux Users Group. Ralph Green asked me to present information on my upcoming book called "Linux System Administration" by O'Reilly. I only ...

Embedded systems developers are increasingly using Linux solutions, according to a new report from Venture Development Corp. (VDC). But the use of branded, commercial Linux operating systems lags far ...

Those of us who actively promote Linux as a viable desktop alternative to Windows are often greeted with the following refrain: “Nobody will use Linux because there are no good games.” The prevailing ...

The Linux open source platform is set to go global following the support of the big IT players. But will its success be at the sacrifice of its founding principles? It's been a good year so far for ...

The SCO Group’s not-so-veiled legal threats made yesterday about going after commercial Linux users and vendors to protect its Unix intellectual property is being greeted with little fear, much ...

Linux advocates have long insisted that open-source development results in better and more secure software. Now they have statistics to back up their claims. According to a four-year analysis of the 5 ...

SoftMaker Office could be a first-class professional-strength replacement for Microsoft Office on the Linux desktop. The Linux OS has its share of lightweight word processors and a few nearly worthy ...

COMMENTARY--According to Eric Raymond, every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch. But is it also the developers' interests that get served? It's just about 4 years ...

It's just about 4 years now since Netscape, in the pre-AOL days, released their source code to the new Mozilla project and cast their lot with the open source world. At the time there was a lot of ...