Linus Torvalds is stepping back from Linux to focus on making changes to the way he interacts with the community. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on ...

Ultimately, every problem in the constantly evolving IT software stack becomes a database problem, which is why there are 418 different databases and datastores in the DB Engines rankings and there ...

Growing up as a kid in the 1990s was an almost magical time. We had the best game consoles, increasingly faster computers at a pace not seen before, the rise of the Internet and World Wide Web, as ...

Using Ubuntu Linux to import and edit photos from a digital camera. By J. D. Biersdorfer Companies are starting to see the advantages of being able to do large amounts of computing with technology ...

There are a few different reasons why the average person — as opposed to an enthusiast tinkerer — might want to try out one of the many available flavors of free Linux-based operating systems. If ...

Ubuntu is the most popular Linux distro out there, but users coming from Windows may find it repulsive and decide to switch ...

It was a big year for Linux in 2001, from IBM’s $1 billion commitment to the introduction of the latest feature-laden kernel updates. At vendor Red Hat Inc., 2001 saw the introduction of new Linux ...

When Docker burst onto the scene in 2013, Linux containers seemed like an overnight success. But the evolution to containers—and microservices and Kubernetes—was actually decades in the making, based ...

Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the Pacific Northwest, but has long called Los Angeles home. He's had a lifelong obsession with cars and motorcycles (both old and new). Most current ...