NEW YORK--It's not the first time Amazon.com has proclaimed its support for Linux, but it's the most detailed. At the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo here, Amazon Vice President of Infrastructure Tom ...

glxgears is a Linux demo for testing video hardware performance. To install glxgears on Debian/Ubuntu, use the "mesa-utils" ...

That desktop Linux offers myriad compelling advantages for business users is no longer the subject of much debate. All that remains for many Windows users is to give it a try. That step, however, can ...

I used to daily drive Linux when I first ditched Windows, before I got my first Mac. I turned to using lightweight Linux distros on old MacBooks in the pre-Apple silicon era, but these days, most of ...

Until recently, the view was that Linux was too difficult to install and use for the average computer user. I'd wanted to have a go at Linux for ages but even my most Linux-loving friends discouraged ...

The first public beta of Google Desktop for Linux is now available for download. Released yesterday, this early beta only supports a limited subset of Google Desktop functionality. Google's previous ...

Corel plans to test the waters later this month for a Linux version of its WordPerfect productivity software. A Corel representative said the company's online store will begin selling a ...

The latest version of the long-awaited Linux 2.6 test kernel is being unveiled today to software developers and vendors around the world for continued testing, validation and improvements as it moves ...

Since my reawakening to the Macintosh platform, I have primarily been using an Apple PowerBook running OS X, and I’ve been really happy with it. But the CTO in me doesn’t like the fact that using OS X ...