Linux is more than just an operating system; it is a testament to the power of open source philosophy. Initiated by Linus Torvalds, Linux quickly became a flagbearer for open source development, ...

On Sunday, Linus Torvalds – the chief programmer of the Linux kernel – sent out a letter in which he apologized for his hostile behavior towards others in the community that maintains the project. He ...

The open-source operating system project is steadily growing through any number of measurements: programmers, updates, and changes per hour. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Editor's Note: The embedded Linux kernel already play a vital role in embedded systems and stands to grow in importance in serving the diverse requirements of the Internet of Things (IoT). In turn, ...

With this week marking the 25th anniversary of the open source Linux OS, The Linux Foundation has issued a new report on the massive development effort that shapes the Linux kernel. That foundational ...

This series on how to get started using Embedded Linux is on my Open Mike blog. This installment discusses development models. There are two different models of Embedded Linux development: ...

NEW ORLEANS: Who writes Linux? Perhaps the better question is who doesn't write it? § In particular, the Foundation found that: Nearly 10,000 developers from more than 1,000 companies have contributed ...

Nearly 2,000 developers started contributing to Linux in the past 15 months, making up nearly half of all developers writing code for the open source operating system kernel. The new developers are ...

Red Hat released a new test version of its Linux operating system on Monday along with a new development process that's designed to include outside programmers. The Raleigh, N.C.-based company has ...

In the beginning days of Unix and later Linux, disks were physically large, but very small in terms of storage capacity. A 300 megabyte disk in the mid-90’s was the size of a shoebox. Today, you can ...