For years, Torvalds has managed kernel versioning with a lighthearted logic: increase the major number only when he can no ...

But first, kernel 6.19 is upon us, with many goodies Penguin emperor Linus Torvalds has announced the next version of the ...

In an era of automated updates and "easy" installers, Slackware 15.0 is a jarring reminder of what Linux used to be.

MOLINE, Ill. — Frequent followers of weather will often hear meteorologists talk about different weather forecast models, especially the European and American forecast models. These two models, known ...

We then summarize some of the differences between the Win32 API and the Unix API which affect Coda. Finally we describe how we overcame serious difficulties to get clients running on Windows 9x. We ...

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday warned that the poor quality of civics education means Americans may not know the difference between a president and a king. Sotomayor bemoaned ...

The choice between Linux and MacOS isn't hard. If you can answer these questions, you'll know which to choose. Both are outstanding choices and will serve you well. I use both Linux and MacOS. The ...

What is the difference between a moon and a planet? Trick question! According to scientific definitions, there often isn’t much of a difference at all. That might seem counterintuitive, but it’s true.

Dates and times stored in 32 bits on Unix-like systems will “overflow” in early 2038 — but the problems, and the patches, start now. Patch early, patch often, they say — almost 13 years early in the ...