29-years in the making, the Linux kernel just accepted its millionth commit. The greatest open-source project of all time has come a long way from its "hobby" beginnings. If you’re new to Linux, you ...

The evolution of computing has been marked by a series of paradigm shifts, from mainframes to personal computers, and now to the cloud. Currently, the common path to deploying web infrastructure is to ...

Happy Birthday, Linux. At 30 years old, you have made quite a reputation for yourself. Having spirited the rise of open-source software, you have turned the world of proprietary computing upside down.

puma:bin $ pwd /usr/local/bin puma:bin $ file unshar xx*code unshar: Linux/i386 demand-paged executable (ZMAGIC), stripped xxdecode: Linux/i386 demand-paged executable (ZMAGIC), stripped xxencode: ...

Linux wasn't _always_ GPL'ed, but Linus' original "homemade" license was apparently more restrictive than the GPL. For those who're a bit younger than me (groan), check out: ...

Linus Torvalds has been working on Linux for 32 years, longer than many software developers have been alive. Surprisingly though, Linux, Torvalds’ earliest “hobby project,” arguably gains in ...