If you’re setting up a PC for very young children, then Qimo is the operating system you want to use. Qimo is a free, kid-friendly OS based on the popular Ubuntu Linux distro, with a custom ...

What are open-source operating systems? Underpinning an operating system, for example Windows on your PC or Android on your phone, is many, many lines of code. On a closed-source OS like Windows ...

An operating system is the essential software that's needed to run your computer's suite of software. Everything from video games to web browsing, basic word processing, and more is down thanks to ...

A Software Populist Who Doesn’t Do Windows A version of the Linux operating system called Ubuntu represents the fastest-growing threat to Microsoft in developed countries.

Taking direct aim at Microsoft’s dominance in personal computers, Google last night announced plans to launch an operating system that would compete with Windows and be available to consumers in ...

However, Linux advocates tout the computer operating system as a smart choice for penny-pinching corporations. It's freely shared, lowering the cost of hardware that runs it.

Crash Course Computer Scienceis available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku ...

News about Linux, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.