I've seen many a Windows-themed Linux distribution come and go. I've also seen my fair share of Windows-like Linux ...

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Linux servers are everywhere. There's a good chance a number of your favorite websites are running on infrastructure that's powered by Linux, not to mention streaming services, social media platforms, ...

More and more networking pros need to familiarize themselves with Linux because the operating system underpins so many enterprise tools and platforms including software-defined networking and SD-WANs, ...

I just noticed that there is an updated distribution of the Debian GNU/Linux stable branch, lenny 5.0.4. As noted in the press release, this release is primarily security updates and a few serious ...

Microsoft has added the open source Debian GNU/Linux operating system as an "endorsed distribution" to its Azure Marketplace. Microsoft will maintain updated versions of Debian Linux distributions in ...

Dabbling for the first time in Linux starts with choosing a Linux distribution. A typical “Linux” system is built up of software from many different open-source projects, including the Linux kernel.

Linux may be enjoying great popularity in the mobile arena, thanks to Android–and even on the desktop, to an increasing extent–but there’s no denying its longtime success on servers. With outstanding ...

Is Linux Mint a “crude hack” of existing Debian-based distributions? The news about the Linux Mint site getting hacked has caused many Linux users to question the quality of the distribution. One user ...

Over the past day, it was revealed that there was an exploit in the wireless protocol, WPA2. While many devices won’t receive a patch to remedy the problem (we’re looking at you Android!), some ...

Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, and other tech media. Asay has also held a variety of executive roles with leading mobile and big data software ...

Dozens of patches have been released for Debian/GNU Linux in the first major update to version 3.1 of the free OS since it was released in June. The fixes, for the OS release code-named “sarge,” are a ...