2025 has probably been the best year for Linux that I can remember, at least from the perspective of general PC users. It's had tons of publicity as a viable alternative to Windows, even, and perhaps ...

Growing up as a kid in the 1990s was an almost magical time. We had the best game consoles, increasingly faster computers at a pace not seen before, the rise of the Internet and World Wide Web, as ...

The LTS (long-term support) period for the Linux kernel is being cut down. In 2017, the kernel jumped from two years of support to six. Now, six years later, it turns out that’s a lot of work. ZDNet ...

The database giant will finish switching its programmers to Linux by the end of the year--and now is the top database seller for the open-source operating system. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

Microsoft's Linux server distribution is now available as an ISO to install on your own server or virtual machine.

Is the Year of the Linux Desktop Finally Here? Intel CTO Dirk Hohndel thinks that the year of the Linux desktop is finally here. In his speech to top Linux engineers and developers, Hohndel said, ...

I love the illustration for a Linux Haxor story, Obligatory Year-End Positive Linux Predictions. It features Bart Simpson at the school blackboard, which is covered with “Year of the Linux desktop.” I ...

Linus Torvalds has been working on Linux for 32 years, longer than many software developers have been alive. Surprisingly though, Linux, Torvalds’ earliest “hobby project,” arguably gains in ...