While your business may use Linux to power its web servers, databases or high-performance supercomputer, occasionally all you need to do is print a letter or memo. You find, however, that new printers ...

[Johannes 4GNU_Linux] has been filming a video series on how to write Linux device drivers for a couple of years now, but luckily, you won’t need that long to watch them or to create your own driver.

Congratulations are in order for the fine folks at SUSE LLC. Today in Nuremburg, Germany SUSE announces the availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (SLES 12). SLES 12 is a much-anticipated release ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Linux has consistently ranked among the top operating systems used in embedded system design. With the rapid growth in interest in the Internet of Things (IoT), the ability of ...

Linux typically doesn't rely on file extensions; it gets a files type using "magic numbers" within the file itself. Linux apps, including GNOME Files, may still use extensions to determine file type.

A typical Linux system is largely comprised of unrestricted, open-source software. But some of the most popular software around is either closed-source or open-source, but restricted by patents.

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After years of hinting, Nvidia announced yesterday that it would be open-sourcing part of its Linux GPU driver, as both Intel and AMD have done for years now. Previously, Linux users who wanted to ...

AMD's graphics drivers for Linux have been getting a lot of love lately, but not just from AMD. The most up-to-date and commonly-used Radeon graphics drivers are all open-source, which means anyone ...