Even though it's still a test kernel, calling it "2.6" is a signal for programmers to get down to work testing and stamping out bugs rather than experimenting with new ideas, Torvalds said in a ...

glxgears is a Linux demo for testing video hardware performance. To install glxgears on Debian/Ubuntu, use the "mesa-utils" ...

The next version of the heart of Linux moves a significant step closer to reality, as Linux founder Linus Torvalds posts a new test version free of major bugs. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

That desktop Linux offers myriad compelling advantages for business users is no longer the subject of much debate. All that remains for many Windows users is to give it a try. That step, however, can ...

Until recently, the view was that Linux was too difficult to install and use for the average computer user. I'd wanted to have a go at Linux for ages but even my most Linux-loving friends discouraged ...

The first public beta of Google Desktop for Linux is now available for download. Released yesterday, this early beta only supports a limited subset of Google Desktop functionality. Google's previous ...

How to limit bandwidth on Linux to better test your applications Your email has been sent The Traffic Control command (tc) is a tool that every network admin should know. What tc does is allow the ...

One in four small companies are testing Linux, and half of them hope to use it as their core operating system in place of Windows, according to a survey published by IBM on Monday. The companies ...

Since my reawakening to the Macintosh platform, I have primarily been using an Apple PowerBook running OS X, and I’ve been really happy with it. But the CTO in me doesn’t like the fact that using OS X ...