Instead of more Americans using the Linux operating system, the sharp increase may be attributable to a different cause.

StatCounter data shows that the market share of the Linux operating system has tripled since May, climbing to over ten ...

Your favorite distro may look unique, but its grandparents have probably met mine.

For users who are looking to try something new, or who are tired of their Mac OS or Windows operating systems, now just might be the time to switch to something else. The Mac OS system currently uses ...

Linux (come on, you knew it’d be Linux) takes a different approach: no locks, no guardrails, no limits. That’s what makes Linux a real operating system, something its competitors, dwarfing it in ...

I started using Linux back in 1997. I had been using Windows 95 and found it to be, well, unreliable. Although I wound up tossing myself into the open-source deep end without a lifeboat, it didn't ...

Jack Wallen explains how Linux has changed computing for the better and ponders what might be next for the open source OS created by Linus Torvalds. Today marks the official 30th birthday of the Linux ...