San Francisco, CA: In a surprising move, the Linux Foundation, the non-profit organization dedicated to Linux, announced on April 15th at the Linux Collaboration Summit that the Xen Project, the ...

A software development project aimed at getting the Linux operating system to run on Xbox received a boost on Monday, when an unnamed donor agreed to pay successful contributors a total of $200,000 ...

Robotics fans and tinkerers around the globe are excited about the VoCore Mini Linux Computer, a versatile board that could be seen as a cousin to the Raspberry Pi. The open-source mini Linux machine ...

The search giant is working to allow Rust code in the Linux kernel, a major technological and cultural shift after decades using only C. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

The future of Linux: Fedora project leader Matthew Miller weighs in Your email has been sent I recently connected with Matthew Miller, distinguished engineer and Fedora project leader, to discuss the ...

As a supplier of embedded processor boards, developers are telling us in unambiguous terms that Linux' numerous advantages clearly outweigh its shortcomings. While Linux it is a moving target — with ...

Oracle Corp. on Wednesday announced that several of its open-source projects — including a file system and a systems management tool — will be available under the GNU General Public License Version 2 ...

China's Red Flag Software and Japan's Miracle Linux have released the test version of a Linux operating environment developed specially for Asia. Three months after joining hands on this effort, the ...

I discovered Linux the way most people did, through word of mouth in the 1990s, when rumors spread of a free “hobbyist” OS designed to run on x86 PCs. For the first decade of Linux’s 25 years, Linux ...

With Linux distros being open source projects, I'm curious to learn if anyone here has contributed to a project before and if they have any thoughts on open source contributions in general. Except for ...