Rapid growth in the market for x86 servers over the past year brought good news for both Linux and Windows, as research firm IDC reported last week. What’s not always appreciated, however, is just how ...

A Linux home office server does not make you more creative. It removes the small, constant frictions that quietly drain you.

Most people assume Linux is secure, and that’s a false assumption. Imagine your laptop is stolen without first being hardened. A thief would probably assume your username is “root” and your password ...

In a dramatic departure, the company says it will sell general-purpose Linux servers and "aggressively participate in the Linux community." Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Mainstream Linux distributions for servers havecaught up substantially with Unix in terms of reliability over the past year, while Windows Server 2003 downtime has risen by nearly 25 percent, ...

Linux powers everything from humble, small business servers to Amazon, Facebook, Google, and the London Stock Exchange. Linux servers offer all the flexibility and power you’ll ever need. In this ...

IBM has spread its Linux marketing push to its iSeries servers, a line designed for medium-sized companies running specific programs, the company plans to announce Wednesday. IBM has been backing a ...