Linux

Security researchers said the issue affects the system's GNU C Library

The systems will be open-sourced, allowing everyone to access the development tools

HP’s latest notebook saves money by ditching Windows for Ubuntu. Is your next notebook Open Source?

New vulnerability, billed as "bigger than Heartbleed", has been uncovered by security researchers

MIT professor wants Jibo the robot to be part of your family

Linus Torvalds also takes aim at the broken US patents system

Chipmaker also announces Bluetooth headset called Jarvis.

Big Blue looking to boost hardware ambitions by utilising the popularity of Linux.

We speak to the free software champion about where he thinks the industry is headed.

Russian crooks develop malware to target open source software.

Updated: Discussion board taken offline while Canonical claims it is getting closer to identifying root cause of hack.

A mobile OS which scales up to the full desktop. But does the beta work?

Handsets to launch in two regions, although manufacturer remains a mystery.

We take a look at the Ubuntu smartphone OS, which will be available for Nexus handsets, and ask if it has the potential to be used in the business env…

Canonical unveils mobile OS to run on Android devices.

Linux is at the very heart of the internet at an infrastructure level and its reach stretches far and wide. So where have all the Linux security exper…

Warning follows discovery of "critical" flaw that could leave users vulnerable to attack.

Twelve step course will teach students how to build an operating system for £29 computer.

Canonical has packed in a HUD-based interface, bundled open source software, and increased security/software support from three to five years. We find…

Microsoft Windows may be the de facto standard desktop operating system in business environments, but high costs, restrictive licences and constant se…

New accelerator chip based om Many Integrated Core architecture breaks the one-teraflop barrier

Linux websites are taken offline after successful hacks on company servers.

It's been 20 years since the open source operating system went public. We look back at how far it's come since the early days.

Oracle believes it will become the only enterprise Linux provider able to offer zero downtime updates.