I just noticed that there is an updated distribution of the Debian GNU/Linux stable branch, lenny 5.0.4. As noted in the press release, this release is primarily security updates and a few serious ...

ZDNET key takeaways Immutable operating systems are the way of the future.Aurora is an immutable distribution based on Fedora ...

Linux servers are everywhere. There's a good chance a number of your favorite websites are running on infrastructure that's powered by Linux, not to mention streaming services, social media platforms, ...

Microsoft promised months ago that Windows 10 users would be able to install and run multiple Linux distributions side-by-side on the Windows Subsystem for Linux. Over the past few days, Microsoft has ...

ZDNET's key takeaways There's a Linux desktop environment for everyone.Windows users will feel right at home with several DEs ...

Linux may be enjoying great popularity in the mobile arena, thanks to Android–and even on the desktop, to an increasing extent–but there’s no denying its longtime success on servers. With outstanding ...

Is Linux Mint a “crude hack” of existing Debian-based distributions? The news about the Linux Mint site getting hacked has caused many Linux users to question the quality of the distribution. One user ...

More and more networking pros need to familiarize themselves with Linux because the operating system underpins so many enterprise tools and platforms including software-defined networking and SD-WANs, ...

Dabbling for the first time in Linux starts with choosing a Linux distribution. A typical “Linux” system is built up of software from many different open-source projects, including the Linux kernel.

Hewlett-Packard is throwing its support behind the Debian Linux distribution, the first major hardware maker to align itself with the noncommercial community-based Linux offering. HP, Palo Alto, ...

Dozens of patches have been released for Debian/GNU Linux in the first major update to version 3.1 of the free OS since it was released in June. The fixes, for the OS release code-named “sarge,” are a ...

The Debian project, the upstream mother of countless Linux distributions, has released Debian 10, also known as "Buster." And yes, that's a reference to the character from Toy Story. All Debian ...