Linux may not yet enjoy the widespread recognition that Windows does, but there’s no denying its popularity on servers, its growing use on desktops, or its ubiquity in the mobile world in the form of ...

Theo de Raadt is a pioneer of the open source software movement and a huge proponent of free software. But he is no fan of the open source Linux operating system. "It's terrible," De Raadt says.

So I was rearching information recompiling the linux kernel last night, and I realized that there are lots and lots of linux kernels floating around out there. There are all the vanilla kernels; ...

Linux may soon have a stronger open source competitor on the desktop, if FreeBSD's plans come to fruition. FreeBSD developer Scott Long told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the operating system, descended ...

This month’s Linux distro review isn’t of a Linux distribution at all—instead, we’re taking a look at FreeBSD, the original gangster of free Unix-like operating systems. Before we get started, I’d ...

I spend a lot of time listening to lots of folks complain that they don’t have a choice, that big, bad Microsoft has come in and made their lives a living hell and that someone should do something ...

Among the legions of Linux users and admins, there seems to be a sort of passive curiosity about FreeBSD and other *BSDs. Like commuters on a packed train, they gaze out at a less crowded, vaguely ...

Linux and BSD variants that employ the popular X.Org Server package --almost all do-- are vulnerable to a new vulnerability disclosed on Thursday. The vulnerability allows an attacker with limited ...