There’s a large selection of free and open source (FOSS) operating systems available these days, and choosing the right one for any given circumstance can be quite a challenge. This article is ...

Few of us want to get our hands dirty messing with the operating system in our cell phones, but sometimes it’s nice to know you could if the need arose. The Neo FreeRunner from Openmoko is a ...

Network-attached storage (NAS) devices can do almost anything a home server can, just on smaller, more power-efficient hardware. Generally, they come with pre-built operating systems, but some models ...

Linux, a clone of UNIX operating systems, is free to download, but users still pay for service and support. Maybe there is such a thing as a free lunch — when it comes to computer programs, at least.

Windows 10 is gone, and millions are turning to Linux. Here are the distros benefiting most, and what makes them so great.

Some of you may already be running an open-source operating system on your smartphone, which could be Android-based, such as ...

10G Ethernet vendor Force10 Networks is changing the operating system on its data center switches to NetBSD, an open source platform, with the aim of improving switch performance for customers. The ...

As the Japanese government prepares to introduce more electronic government projects next year, it has begun studying open-source operating systems in a move that could lead to the replacement of some ...