Linux is an operating system that is Unix-like in its configuration. It is named after its designer, Linus Torvalds, who created Linux at the age of 22 as a project while a student at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His motivation was to emulate...

Linux (pronunciation: IPA: /ˈlɪnʊks/, lin-uks) is a Unix-like computer operating system. Linux is one of the most prominent examples of free software and open source development; typically all underlying source code can be freely modified, used, and...

Most of the people who develop embedded systems no longer say, "What is Linux?" They know about this operating system (OS) and if they have not adopted it, the majority have at least looked at it, or evaluated it, for an embedded project....

Backers of the upstart Linux operating system like to joke that their ultimate goal is world domination. They're getting there. In fact, anyone with a Linux computer can create an interplanetary empire, sort of. All the Linux user needs is a copy of...

The Linux penguin is finally marching onto more desktops.Some of the biggest names in computing are pushing harder for the Linux open-source operating system as an option for desktop PCs. Dell DELL, Lenovo and IBM IBM are stepping up Linux-on-the-desktop efforts with products that cater...

Red Hat Inc. has unveiled the latest version of its Linux operating system as the open-source software company continues to combat Microsoft's market-dominating Windows platform.Developers for the Raleigh-based company touted Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as more flexible and more manageable than its prior versions,...