Linux turns 35 years this year, and the operating system remains the backbone of most supercomputers. Here's why the world's ...

Probably not too many people around the world celebrated November 1st, 2023, but on this momentous date FreeBSD celebrated its 30th birthday. As the first original fork of the first complete and open ...

Thanks to the GNU General Public License, the complete source codes of the Linux kernel and Linux distributions are open-source and completely transparent. This means you can customize the user ...

Many cybersecurity experts have warned about a critical Linux Copy Fail bug that allows attackers to gain root access.

This flaw makes gaining root access easy for attackers. Copy Fail affects millions of Linux systems. CVE-2026-31431, also ...

We really like Mac OS X. Really. We now use it as our default OS and, overall, would not want to go back to OS 9. We recognize the advantages that UNIX provides, in terms of stability etc. and would ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) is introducing a long-awaited upgrade to its Unix operating system (OS) and launching new, affordable Integrity servers in a direct challenge to rival products from IBM Corp.

Looking for non-Linux open-source options? From ghosts of past operating systems to fascinating works in progress, here are ...