While Microsoft and Apple don’t release the source code for their operating systems, a good estimate is that it takes around 50 million lines of code to run these software behemoths. The Linux kernel ...

To some, an operating system is a burden or waste of resources, like those working on embedded systems and other low-power applications. To others it’s necessary, abstracting away hardware so that ...

Google is already hard at work on the replacement for the two operating systems that currently power its mobile and desktop platforms. This replacement is called Fuchsia and it has the potential to ...

Developers are working to create experimental open-source operating systems with modular microkernels using the C# programming language. The SharpOS and Cosmos projects both announced their first ...

What operating system do you use? For some, that question may as well be posed in Latin or Sanskrit. For others, it’s an invitation to have a heated debate about the benefits of GUI vs. command line, ...

Linux-based System z emulator will go away on Dec. 31, replaced by cloud-based solution from ISVs IBM is killing off a ...

Google has yet to release the source code for Android 16 QPR1, sparking fears about the company's commitment to AOSP.

If you don't know what the Linux desktop operating system is, or if you're new to it, Jack Wallen's quick explainer will get you up to speed. Linux. What is it? At one point in time it was a niche ...