What's Linus Torvalds doing to celebrate the release of the gold code? Start with some beer and a long-delayed housewarming party. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 ...

The Linux kernel was released as a 'free OS' in 1991 by Linus Torvalds, a Finnish student at the time. The Linux kernel has been under development for over 30 years, and the development community is a ...

It's been tested , it's been debated , and it's now available to all: Valve announces the official launch of the Steam Linux client after nearly four months in beta. Expectedly, a sale is going on for ...

At the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in New York this week, Novell was in the spotlight as the new kid on the Linux block. And there's much at stake in the open-source community, as SCO's lawsuits ...

Very few people lie awake at night fretting over their choice of mobile operating system. In fact, very few people even know what operating system their handset uses. Yet, despite this (probably ...

I always have been fascinated by the expression “third party” as it is used in business. What do we mean by that? And, why don't we talk about first party and second party, except in legal documents?

Has it really been twenty years? Yes, yes, it has been twenty years since Linus Torvalds announced that he was working on "a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like ...

Today’s post is going to be dedicated to addressing come issues and concerns from the many comments thus far, and re-establishing the scope and purpose of the 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux project. I ...