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

Companies like Valve have demonstrated that strategic vision and thoughtful integration can make Linux viable for large ...

Two Operating Systems, One PC Is it possible to install Ubuntu Linux on my Windows XP computer so I can have both systems on one machine — without having to reinstall Windows?

Five local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities have been discovered in the needrestart utility used by Ubuntu Linux, which was introduced over 10 years ago in version 21.04.

What if we move to 16GB of RAM, which has long been considered the sweet spot? Things are going to work much better. In fact, with 16GB of RAM, most of the problems with 8GB go away, except for one -- ...

Miniature Linux computer smaller than a US passport photo with its own screen. Impressive features packed into a tiny device, including ARM Mali-400 MP2 GPU. Features include motion sensor ...

On the rare occasion that my Linux desktop freezes, I have a few tricks up my sleeve that keep me from having to do a hard ...

20-year-old Linux workaround is still slowing down AMD systems A little fix for CPUs that didn't properly sleep had decades-long consequences.

If you've got an old PS2 gathering dust in your closet, you can turn it into a Linux PC with a few pieces of hardware and Sony's official Linux install disks.

Whether you're on a Windows, macOS, or Linux system, here's how to find out your motherboard spec—with or without opening up the computer.

The Pakistani APT36 cyberspies are using Linux .desktop files to load malware in new attacks against government and defense ...