More than two dozen of the most prolific Linux kernel programmers dislike a proposed update to the General Public License, which governs many open-source projects. Out of 29 kernel coders, 28 rated ...

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 ...

Linux is no longer how you remember it to be.

You don't need to set up Linux manually every time.

Fanboys insist we are getting the numbers wrong  For years, Linux fanboys have been insisting that this year will be the time ...

Open source projects pride themselves on the wisdom and effort of the crowd, but in the case of webcam drivers, one man has done what many could not. A lone French programmer by the name of Michel ...

An open-source programmer stopped by the CeBit trade show in Hannover, Germany, this week to tell Motorola and 12 other companies he believes they're using Linux in violation of the license that ...

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 ...