News about Linux, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

An article last Sunday about the Linux operating system Ubuntu, using information from its maker, Canonical, referred erroneously to Ubuntu’s market prevalence.

But if you want to browse the internet, stream, or use most productivity software or office suites, you’ll find a capable ...

With 16GB of RAM, you can open far more tabs in your browser, do some gaming, use virtual machines, develop, and create video ...

Lansweeper analyzed millions of consumer desktop OSes using both agentless and agent-based scanning techniques. Here's what it found.

Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distros for all kinds of users, from Linux newbies to seasoned campaigners. For programmers, the Ubuntu Long Term Support (LTS) release provides a stable ...

Kazeta is a new Linux-based operating system that brings that kind of experience to modern PCs. Developed by the founder of ...

The maker of the Orange Pi line of single-board computers (among other things) offers a handful of Android or Linux images that can be installed on most of the company’s products. But for the ...

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 ...

The Linux computer operating system, which so far has had little success in use for cellphones, is set to become more widely available in handsets next year, helped by Google's <GOOG.O&gt ...