Today we’re going to look at Linux. Not as a competitor to Windows and not as a repository of proprietary code (as SCO would have you believe), but as an alternative operating system that might have a ...

The above video may or may not be an accurate depiction of the early days of Linux. In Helsinki in 1991, a college student named Linus Torvalds was working on what was “initially a terminal emulator, ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Whether you use it every day or you've never even heard of it, Linux is undeniably important to computing history. It's been around in one form or ...

As part of our 100th issue celebration, we present 100 of the most significant events in Linux history. As shown in the timeline, the first issue of Linux Journal coincided with the release of Linux 1 ...

Happy Birthday, Linux. At 30 years old, you have made quite a reputation for yourself. Having spirited the rise of open-source software, you have turned the world of proprietary computing upside down.

The Linux kernel was originally created by Linus Torvalds, a Finnish computer science student, and first announced to the world on August 25, 1991—exactly 20 years ago today. At the time, Torvalds ...