If you've got an old PC that's painfully slow to use, the hardware takes only half the blame. Thankfully, there are ...

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

The free Linux operating system handles big tasks like running supercomputers and ATMs. Now Linux has a chance to finally crack Microsoft Corp.'s hold on computing's most visible domain - ...

The free Linux operating system has a chance to finally crack Microsoft's hold on computing's most visible domain —mainstream PCs — because of the rise of innovative, inexpensive machines.

The free operating system is now aided by volunteers all around the world, with support from users, contributors, developers, and of course sponsors.

The PC maker Wednesday announced plans for inexpensive desktop computers based on the free Linux operating system in a bid to undermine archrival Microsoft.

A month after Sun Microsystems Inc. reversed course and said it would do more to promote the free Linux operating system, the big computer maker plans to announce today that it intends to sell a ...

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