ZDNET's key takeaways Some Linux distributions require a bit of extra work.Your effort will pay off in big ways.These five ...

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With an immutable distribution, you never have to worry about an upgrade breaking things. These are my favorite immutable Linux distros.

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If you don't know what the Linux desktop operating system is, or if you're new to it, Jack Wallen's quick explainer will get you up to speed. Linux. What is it? At one point in time it was a niche ...

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.

Microsoft software engineer Andres Freund discovers a backdoor lurking in the XZ Utils data-compression tools, which are open source and widely used across Linux distributions. The Linux community ...

Modern operating systems are all far more secure than their historic counterparts, but which operating system is the safest? That somewhat depends on how you use it — no operating system is “safe” if ...

What defines an operating system isn’t a geeky label or a collection of ramblings from the mouths of its community members. Nor is it some empty and pointless certification offered up by an obscure ...

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When General Motors GM first announced its new Ultifi vehicle software development platform last October, it revealed that it would be based on the open source Linux operating system but provided few ...