NEW YORK – In a move to make the freely distributed Linux operating system a stronger alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Windows, a group of major Linux distributors announced Friday they have ...

Though hardware compatibility with Linux improves with each passing day, users of the free and open source operating system can still encounter problems with particular devices and components. Aiming ...

Microsoft is giving Linux virtual machines running on Hyper-V the chance to perform much better with the release of Linux Integration Components When Microsoft finally released its long-awaited ...

Mark this day in your diary: Microsoft has decided to use the GPL for some of its software. This is according to Matt Asay over on our American sister site CNet News, who reports that the Hyper-V ...

MontaVista Software, a key sponsor to the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation announced Rocky Linux 10.x support and ...

Linux’s hardware support is better than ever, but you still can’t take it for granted. Not every laptop and desktop you see at your local computer store (or, more realistically, on Amazon) will work ...

I've used Windows for decades, but I tried Linux to see if it's truly 'easy' now - and one thing surprised me ...

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.

Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux 3.3, a new version of the open source Linux kernel. This update is noteworthy because it includes some key components that have been merged from ...