SAN FRANCISCO — The turmoil in the world of open-source software, from ongoing legal challenges against Linux by The SCO Group Inc. to global companies embracing open-source in recent years, is all ...

Open-source local file systems, such as Linux Ext4, XFS, and Btrfs, remain a critical component in the world of modern storage. For example, many recent distributed file systems, such as Google GFS ...

Researchers have compared the regulation of genes in E. coli to the flow of information through function calls in the Linux kernel. Their conclusions: programmers look to reuse code, while evolution ...

Embedded Linux offers stability, scalability and open-source attributes that enable a broad range of products across a wide array of processors and hosts. But requirements such as cross-compilation, ...

In his first 18 months as general manager of IBM’s worldwide Linux team, Jim Stallings has seen dozens of corporate shops and governments around the world push Linux from the periphery to the heart of ...

Creating standards for cloud computing is key to its future evolution and broader adoption. What is the role of Linux in the cloud? What economic or technological advantages (if any) do open standards ...

Linux is entering its second phase of growth, which will be defined by better cooperation among developers, new licensing options, and a stronger operating system, according to the leaders of the ...

It was a big year for Linux in 2001, from IBM’s $1 billion commitment to the introduction of the latest feature-laden kernel updates. At vendor Red Hat Inc., 2001 saw the introduction of new Linux ...

Remember the title of the article I cited yesterday: Ubuntu Linux Vs. Windows Vista: The Battle For Your Desktop? There's a pair of assumptions embedded in there that tell us a lot about what's ...

Linus Torvalds is stepping back from Linux to focus on making changes to the way he interacts with the community. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on ...