Linux

Unix commands: The joy of curl

The curl command is a versatile tool for working with web sites and web applications

Catching up with KDE 5.5 and Plasma Mobile

A long-overdue look into KDE's new features.

Is white-box switching the future of networking?

IBM chases Intel with new Power-based Linux servers sold over the Web

The servers are aimed at scale-out and cloud deployments running big data workloads

Why the software world needs a ‘no-fly zone’ for patents

Now 10 years old, the Open Invention Network protects more than 2,000 software packages

Open-sourcing Windows: If I ran Microsoft, here’s how I’d do it

A completely hypothetical explanation of how I, as the fictional CEO of Microsoft, would go about making Windows an Open Source OS.

HP goes after Cisco, Arista with open source OS

Allies with Broadcom, Intel and VMware on OpenSwitch NOS

Looking back 30 years as a sysadmin

The profession -- and everything it involves -- has changed dramatically, but has been (and still is) a fun ride.

In praise of John McAfee and Lawrence Lessig’s long-shot presidential campaigns

They may not have very high hopes of winning, but at least they're forcing an important conversation about technology.

China’s Linux-based replacement for Windows XP looks an awful lot like Windows XP

Under the hood, though, is Linux.