Do you want to know how to tell real Linux geeks from people who just use it? Ask them what their favorite application packaging system is. Hardcore old-school Linux users will soon be telling you all ...

There are more than a half-dozen different ways to install a program.

Worried that you won’t have enough applications to choose from when you switch to Linux on the desktop? If all you need are mainstream business apps, don’t sweat it Linux is commonly referred to as an ...

One of the most impactful changes in the 7.0 networking stack is the optimization of the IPv6 TCP output path to cache flow ...

Users are now able to run most of the applications in Office XP on Linux, following the release of commercial software that allows the package to run on the open-source operating system. CodeWeavers' ...

You just need to be on an Arch-based distro, for now.

The open-source WebKit HTML rendering engine is rapidly gaining ground on the Linux platform where it is increasingly being adopted by conventional desktop applications for content display. Ongoing ...

Taiwanese electronics company First International Computer Inc. (FIC) hopes to replicate the open nature of the PC in mobile phones with the debut of a smartphone running an open Linux-based mobile ...