ZDNET's key takeaways ShaniOS is an immutable Linux distribution.With a blue/green deployment, the OS will never break.You ...

Despite all the efforts of Canonical and Ubuntu, desktop Linux remains a non-factor n the market. Fewer than 1 in 100 desktops in the U.S. run Linux, and most are in the hands of developers, not ...

The new version of Scalable Test Platform (STP) makes it much easier to test the performance of Linux applications. In the past, STP was used solely to test the Linux kernel. The Open Source ...

I ditched Linux for Windows after years of juggling two operating systems. "Just use Linux" isn't helpful advice anymore, and ...

The eServer Integrated Platform, aimed at businesses with 100 to 1,000 employees, uses the Linux operating system underneath e-business applications. It includes eServer xSeries hardware, WebSphere ...

A new report from the nonprofit Linux Foundation shows that Linux continues to grow at breakneck speed and will outpace all other server operating systems over the next five years. Additionally, Linux ...

Authentication is a mechanism that verifies whether an entity is who it claims to be. On a Linux system, applications, such as su, passwd or login, are used to authenticate users before they are given ...

Microsoft announced this week that it will bring the heart of the open source operating system Linux into Windows. Not to be outdone, Google says all future Chromebooks will be able to run Linux ...

Right now, you get most of your Linux software from your distribution’s software repositories. Those applications have to be packaged specifically for your Linux distribution, and you have to trust ...

Some Linux users insist that anything you can do on Windows, you can do better on Linux. While there’s some truth to that, many of us have Windows applications that make completely leaving Windows ...