Over the time, I've become slightly "bored" with x86 machines. So I want to try something new. I know that Linux and many UNIX flavors are avaible on many other archs, but I don't really know what I ...

What defines an operating system isn’t a geeky label or a collection of ramblings from the mouths of its community members. Nor is it some empty and pointless certification offered up by an obscure ...

The use of the Linux operating system is becoming more common throughout the IT industry. Many corporate IT departments are using Linux to complement existing Unix systems using special-purpose Linux ...

Have you heard of Linux? It's a version of Unix developed by a Finn, Linus Torvalds. But what is Unix? It's a computer operating system developed by Bell Labs in the 1960s. What was Bell Labs? It was ...

As I’ve written in previous newsletters, studies about Linux vs. Windows security and vulnerabilities must be viewed with a critical eye, since many are funded by those with either a very pro- or anti ...

In a twist of irony, the Unix platform celebrates its 40th birthday this year, as does the man whose work probably has done more to diminish the trendiness of Unix than anyone else: Linux founder ...

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 ...

As we sit here, in the year Two Thousand and Eighteen (better known as "the future, where the robots live"), our beloved Linux is the undisputed king of supercomputing. Of the top 500 supercomputers ...