I've used or tested just about every Linux distribution available, and this one is my go-to, hands down. Here's why.

You might think Linux is just an alternative to Windows, but there are lots of operating systems based on it in places where ...

But if you want to browse the internet, stream, or use most productivity software or office suites, you’ll find a capable ...

Despite its quirks, 9front is more than just a curiosity. It is a direct descendant of research at Bell Labs, where Unix itself was born, and it represents an alternate vision of how computers could ...

If you need an operating system that is blazing fast, and you have a spare PC lying around, give one of these speedsters a try.

The Unix operating system is one of computing's most significant technologies, providing the framework that the familiar Linux and Mac OS X operating systems were developed on. Unix can be a viable ...

Will Unix be enough to grow a new crop of Apple customers? That's the question Apple Computer will begin to address Monday at its weeklong Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose, Calif. By ...

Theo de Raadt is a pioneer of the open source software movement and a huge proponent of free software. But he is no fan of the open source Linux operating system. "It's terrible," De Raadt says.

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 ...

On "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0 Day," tech lovers all over the world celebrated the moment when the clocks in the popular Unix computer operating system struck that exact stream of numbers. But on Feb. 13, ...