If you've got an old PS2 gathering dust in your closet, you can turn it into a Linux PC with a few pieces of hardware and ...

The OS of a thousand faces.

Using Ubuntu Linux to import and edit photos from a digital camera. By J. D. Biersdorfer Companies are starting to see the advantages of being able to do large amounts of computing with technology ...

Buying Linux-powered laptops should be easy, especially on big-name manufacturers’ websites. But it isn’t. You must employ workarounds to succeed or spend caches ...

The endless tinker-ability of Linux systems makes it a favorite among true tech aficionados who love to build awesome gadgets and programs from scratch. Whether you’re trying to write a new OS, set up ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. A looming problem with Linux-based computers being unable to ...

Brian Benchoff is an embedded engineer who has graced us with unique, whimsical devices like the RGB Gaming Coaster and the Zip Drive Tower. Now he’s back with a decidedly more practical design: a ...

SGI will release a component of its operating system software to open source developers, possibly making it easier to restore Linux-based computers after a crash. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

Collaboration between Linux computer and software firm System76 and HP is pushing for greater commercial adoption of open-source software and hardware optimized for Linux. System76 and HP on Thursday ...

Tadpole Computer, a maker of portable Unix computers, plans to launch a 64-bit Unix-based notebook PC on Tuesday. The laptop, called Viper, is powered by Sun Microsystems' UltraSparc IIIi processor ...