Why switch to Linux? More security, more privacy, and freedom from vendor lock-in. And these distributions are as simple to ...

Not only is it free, it’s easy to set up too. We’ll show how you can easily install the free operating system on your desktop or notebook and set it up according to your wishes.

The Ubuntu operating system has now been successfully saved to a USB drive and is ready to boot and to use. Using a CD-ROM to Install Linux For users who prefer using a CD-ROM to install Linux, here ...

For everyone else, Linux is a free open-source operating system, which means the code is available for anyone to explore. Technically speaking, the term “Linux” refers to just the kernel, or ...

Android phones, smart TVs and even a smart refrigerator use Linux. The operating system is also widely used in other areas, like in 97 percent of the world’s top 500 supercomputers.

There are Linux-based operating systems provided on devices you use every day but aren’t readily available to download and install. Android and Chrome OS are prime examples.

Linus Torvalds, creator of the increasingly popular free operating system, leaves his post at Transmeta to join the Open Source Development Lab. At the nonprofit, he will focus full-time on Linux ...

An article last Sunday about the Linux operating system Ubuntu, using information from its maker, Canonical, referred erroneously to Ubuntu’s market prevalence.

SAN FRANCISCO - The creator of the free Linux operating system, Linus Torvalds, said he will take leave as a fellow at chip designer Transmeta Corp. to join a nonprofit consortium aimed at ...