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

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 audiences. The Steam Deck proves that Linux can deliver a polished, cohesive ...

On "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0 Day," tech lovers all over the world celebrated the moment when the clocks in the popular Unix computer operating system struck that exact stream of numbers. But on Feb. 13 ...

Some of the world's biggest companies could shortly face lawsuits over their use of the Linux computer operating system, the executive at the center of the growing legal storm over the software ...

Maybe its pervasiveness has long obscured its origins. But Unix, the operating system that in one derivative or another powers nearly all smartphones sold worldwide, was born 50 years ago from the ...

Red Hat Inc., the world's biggest distributor of the free Linux computer operating system, will introduce a version for desktop personal computers to compete with Microsoft Corp.' ...