Linus Torvalds may still want Linux on the desktop, but all the open-source action is happening elsewhere.Wandering around at CES 2015 last week, it struck me: Linux was everywhere.. No, the ...

In the 21 years or so since its inception, Linux has gained some amazing enthusiast street cred, but failed time and again to enter the mainstream. This year, however, may afford it an opportunity ...

In this week’s Computer Weekly, 25 years after Linus Torvalds released the Linux kernel, we look at how the open-source operating system has influenced modern-day IT.

For Linux users, it was “The Year of The Linux Desktop.” The idea: someday in the future, likely soon, everyone is going to notice how great Linux is and just switch over, en masse.

So a 12-year-old PC with Linux , used with the Chrome browser is perfectly adequate for a ‘home’ user. ... Almost every important piece of software is browser based or has a linux version.

Specifically, following three years without any new releases, Slax Linux on Monday graduated to version 7.0. “I’m happy to announce the final release of Slax version 7.0, code name Green Horn ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Linux is getting its own version of a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD).

In the 21 years or so since its inception, Linux has gained some amazing enthusiast street cred, but failed time and again to enter the mainstream. This year, however, may afford it an opportunity ...