SAN DIEGO--End users and Linux can be like men and marriage--they like the idea, but commitment is a bear. An Austin, Texas-based software maker hopes to make it easier with products that allow ...

Software maker Trustix AS this week formally unveiled a deal with IBM to jointly market and sell its secure Linux software in the U.S. on hardware from Big Blue. Trustix, of Trondheim, Norway, ...

Linare, a seller of cheap Linux PCs, plans to offer a free e-mail service for fans of the open-source operating system. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

IBM (NYSE:IBM) stock continues to struggle. Since hitting highs above $215 per share in 2013, the shares have seen a steady decline. Today, the IBM stock price has fallen below $132 per share. Amid ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Canonical, maintainer of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, ...

Linux has come a very long way. Not only is the kernel far more sophisticated and capable than during the 1990s, but the GUIs make everything so easy that working with the operating system is almost ...

The head of security firm Open Source Security, Brad Spengler, says he had little option but to file a lawsuit against open source advocate Bruce Perens, who alleged back in 2017 that security patches ...

Linux-heavy gaming platform Valve is showcasing its devotion to the operating system by enrolling with the nonprofit Linux Foundation — an organization dedicated to growing Linux. Our team tests, ...

Microsoft Corp. has bought Kinvolk GmbH, the Berlin-based startup behind a specialized Linux distribution used to power software container environments on Azure and other public clouds. The technology ...

It was just a few months ago that Mandriva Linux 2011 made its official debut, but now it looks like the company behind it may soon be forced to close its doors. Mandriva has been suffering from ...