Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Intel has convinced two Linux companies to give a fair shake to a crucial programming tool called a compiler, a significant step, given the historic preference for an open-source ...

A Linux programmer has reported a legal victory in Germany in enforcing the General Public License, which governs countless projects in the free and open-source software realms. A Munich district ...

Unikernels are a smaller, faster, and more secure option for deploying applications on cloud infrastructure. With NanoVMs OPS, anyone can run a Linux application as a unikernel with no additional ...

I've become more and more frustrated with the default Windows XP x64 install as time goes on, and I know I'd prefer to be running Linux. My manager would back me up. We develop exclusively for Linux ...

The e-mails of the celebrated programmer Linus Torvalds land like thunderbolts from on high onto public lists, full of invective, insults, and demeaning language. “Please just kill yourself now. The ...

Some Linux commands can make preparing cheat-sheet summaries of Linux commands quite easy, and here's a script that can make the task even easier. Linux man pages can be overwhelming to people who are ...

A developer of security software for Linux had some harsh words yesterday for what he sees as a lax attitude toward security in the operating system’s community. “Linux is being presented by ...

German court supports effort to enforce the GPL, which governs countless projects in the free and open-source software realms. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...