What’s a poor, lonely Linux developer to do? Where are all the good support sites? How am I going to fix that troublesome bug? These are questions that even novice code writers no longer have to ask.

Red Hat has introduced a new version of its flagship Linux operating system aimed at business developers, offering free access for enterprise development and testing purposes. According to the company ...

For the longest time, it was assumed that Linux was only meant for older PCs and various hardware (GPU, sound, networking, etc.). Over the years, Linux developers have caught up and proved that ...

Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, and other tech media. Asay has also held a variety of executive roles with leading mobile and big data software ...

Microsoft has already said there's nothing technically stopping it from bringing its Chromium-based Edge browser to one-time Windows foe Linux. But the company now appears to be actually doing it and ...

The new site, Meld, is organized and supported by MontaVista Software and is intended to be a community for Linux programmers who focus on embedded apps It probably won’t be “Facebook for Linux” but a ...

Also in today’s open source roundup: Is Red Hat a good desktop distro? And why you should run Windows as a VM in Linux Linux distributions geared toward casual desktop users are important, but ...

It's meant for both beginner typists and long-time keyboard veterans who want to keep their skills sharp. You have to type a ...

Linux had a big birthday recently — its 20th — but the event may have been a tad bittersweet for its most devoted fans. According to recent results of the annual application development survey from ...

"Porting games to Steam on Linux is a waste of time." "The sales we do get on Linux platforms result in an inordinate amount of technical support and refunds." These are statements often heard inside ...

Last week, Microsoft and Canonical (the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution) were scheduled to host a developer conference focused on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) at Microsoft’s ...