Linux is a tried-and-true, open-source operating system released in 1991 for computers, but its use has expanded to underpin systems for cars, phones, web servers and, more recently, networking gear.

By my count, Linux has over 11% of the desktop market. Here's how I got that number - and why people are making the leap.

A little while ago, I reported on how someone got a modern-day Linux distro running on a 30-year-old CPU. The key here is ...

Want to know who the ‘BOSS’ of the Indian Software Industry is? No, it isn’t any human being here. It’s an operating system that has an uncanny resemblance to its name. Critics describe it as “the ...

Android has always been Linux, but for years the Android project went its own way and its code wasn't merged back into the main Linux tree. Now, much sooner than Linus Torvalds, Linux's founder and ...