People still think of open-source software as general programs for general problems. And, it is, but it's also become vital for vertical markets and companies as well.

First, Fedora, and now, Ubuntu Linux. Lenovo is getting serious about the Linux desktop, with support for almost 30 ThinkPads and ThinkStations.

It may sound odd, but for old Chromebook users, this may prove a blessing.

The Linux Foundation's Free Introduction to Linux class has just passed the million enrollment mark.

After users' complaints, Shuttleworth has agreed to restore the Ubuntu Community Council.

After all these years, the core developers of Linux keep innovating. New versions will be faster and more stable. @Enterprisenxt

Decades ago, people predicted that IBM and its mainframes would soon be history. But then IBM and Red Hat brought Linux to the mainframe and things would never be the same again.

Fedora, Red Hat's community Linux for developers, is finally available from a mainstream PC vendor, Lenovo.

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

Soon, you'll be able to run not just Chrome OS, Android, and Linux on your Chromebook but Windows applications as well. Here's how and what that will mean for your company's PCs and laptops.

We'd like an easy way to judge open-source programs. It can be done. But easily? That's another matter. When it comes to open source, you can't rely on star power.

The recently revealed Boothole bug in Grub2, a bootloader used by almost all Linux distributions, has been fixed. But while it's getting headlines, it can only successfully attack a handful of already vulnerable systems.

If you're the sort of person who waits until you're sure all the bugs are out before upgrading, you'll be glad to know that Canonical has just released the first point update of April 2020's Ubuntu Linux 20.04 Long-Term Support: Ubuntu 20.04.1.

In my paint-workshop (and household) open source software rules and eases the dreaded life as an artist. This little text is not meant to complain, but merely a small oversight of what software is actually used in said workshop. And, thanks to an economic crisis and corona, I have the time to doodle about it.

This was the year when, once and for all, it became clear that the future of technology belongs to Linux and open-source software.

Windows 7 is down to its last days. If you don't care for Windows 10, it's time to consider running Linux Mint instead.

2038 is for Linux what Y2K was for mainframe and PC computing in 2000, but the fixes are underway to make sure all goes well when that fatal time rolls around.

In the newly released Linux 5.6 kernel, you'll finally find the long anticipated open-source Virtual Private Network, WireGuard.

As many sysadmins are discovering to their dismay, trying to manage workers from home on a wild mix of older Windows PCs is no fun at all. So, SUSE has a suggestion: The Linux desktop.

The latest long-term support version of Ubuntu Linux, Focal Fossa, is one good-looking cat with nice features for desktop, server, and cloud users.