Whatever your opinion of Linux’s desktop potential, few would dispute the value of the open source operating system in embedded devices such as mobile phones and personal media players. After all, ...

Zephyr, an open source project that launched under the Linux Foundation in 2016, builds a secure, connected and flexible RTOS ...

Big Blue's CIO has directed the company to begin an internal initiative to evaluate Linux for use on desktop computers, a further endorsement of the open-source operating system. Stephen Shankland ...

More good news on the Linux gaming front.

A crowdfunded project has launched that aims to to port Linux to Apple's new Arm-based silicon Macs. Hector Martin, a Tokyo-based IT security consultant by day and hacker by night, has kicked off what ...

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 ...

Linus Torvalds started the Linux project in 1991, developing a Unix-like kernel inspired by Andrew S. Tanenbaum's Minix.

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 ...

Too many distros are solving the same solved problems, and it’s turning choice into confusion.

A Linux developer has created a Windows 8 DE. Win8DE looks very much like Windows 8. This new desktop is still in alpha stages. Remember Windows 8? I'm sure I can guess what you remember from that ...