News about Linux, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Companies like Valve have demonstrated that strategic vision and thoughtful integration can make Linux viable for large ...

MX Linux is an appealing midweight Linux operating system. The midweight category is a bit unusual. Desktop environments that run well on minimal hardware typically fall into the lightweight category.

Most computer viruses out there are targeted at computers running Windows and as such cannot infect computers running a Linux operating system (like your WOW!Computer).

That is why downloading free Linux distributions and installing the operating system onto existing computers is a typical avenue for adopting Linux. Some computer manufacturers sell Linux-only ...

And when we asked him why he did it, he replied “because I can!” His Ethernet-to-6LoWPAN gateway project is a small, OpenWRT-capable Linux computer in disguise.

Brian Benchoff is an embedded engineer who has graced us with unique, whimsical devices like the RGB Gaming Coaster. Now he's designed a $15 Linux PC. (Yes, it runs DOOM) ...

On the rare occasion that my Linux desktop freezes, I have a few tricks up my sleeve that keep me from having to do a hard ...

FXI's Cotton Candy computer, a tiny Linux system the size of a thumb drive, is … ...

Linux hardware hackers will want to take a much closer look at the NIC's Award BIOS and IDE interface. Software wizards may want to explore modifying the Linux CD-ROM and perhaps building a custom ...