Computer maker Sun Microsystems announced Wednesday plans for inexpensive desktop computers based on the free Linux operating system in a bid to undermine archrival Microsoft. Marking a second plunge ...

The free Linux operating system handles big tasks like running supercomputers and ATMs. Now Linux has a chance to finally crack Microsoft's hold on computing's most visible domain —mainstream PCs — ...

People have been talking about switching from Windows to Linux since the 1990s, but in the world of open-source operating systems, there is much more variety than just the hundreds of flavors of Linux ...

The London-based British Linux distributor Canonical has just released Ubuntu 23.10 (“Mantic Minotaur”), the latest version of its extremely popular Linux distribution, which is mainly aimed at ...

Less bloat, more fumbling. While Linux offers more control than Windows, that control comes with a bigger time and energy ...

I want to love Linux as a desktop OS, I really do.