It may never be as big as Windows, but Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth still sees a bright future for the Linux desktop.

Yes, the sudo command has a security bug. But, in the real world, it's hard to see how it could be used against you.

The PC — and yes, Microsoft — set us free. Now Microsoft is taking control.

And you shouldn't be either. Every company wants to rule Linux -- none of them can or ever will.

iPhones are not now, nor have they ever been, worth their high price tags. And, yes, that includes the iPhone 11. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols shares his disdain for Apple's ubiquitous device.

The Eclipse Foundation has announced the release of the Jakarta EE 8, the first truly open-source, vendor-neutral version of Java Enterprise Edition.

In the beginning, there was machine languages and assembler. Neither was easy to use, but then along came COBOL, and everything changed.

We will soon learn if a much-hyped, rapamycin-like drug can boost the immune response by targeting how the body ages.

Global warming, nuclear war, and asteroid hits. There are so many ways the world could end, but now NASA and the ESA are working on a trial to deflect would be Earth-shattering asteroids.

Don't get me wrong: The command line will always be important to sysadmins. But in many ways, it's being superseded by DevOps tools such as Ansible, Chef, and Puppet.

After spending his days at training camp with the Dallas Cowboys, Leland Melvin would study math for material science and electrochemistry.

Another NFL season starts, and your options for watching it online have grown. Here's how to stream live NFL football games in 2019.

A year by year summary of the most significant events in Linux's history to date.

DoggoLingo is a rising language on the Internet that's full of cutesy suffixes and onomatopoeias. It might even change the way you talk to your pet.

Dell's dedicated laptop for open-source programmers sees a new release featuring Intel's hot new laptop CPU: Comet Lake.

Windows is great for some things, but for many users, a Chromebook is better.

If this controversial idea gains acceptance, it could radically change the way we treat getting old.

We'll still have PCs on our desks, but with the rise of desktop-as-a-service and software-as-a-service, we're returning to smart-terminals and time-sharing services.