Looking back at all the Linux stories in 2004 still elicits eye-popping, head-scratching and, sometimes, fist-pounding reaction. So as the year closes, here’s a rundown of some of the biggest stories ...

Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux open-source operating system, has proposed changes to the Linux kernel-development process which he and other developers hope will make it easier to answer any ...

Linux advocates have long insisted that open-source development results in better and more secure software. Now they have statistics to back up their claims. According to a four-year analysis of the 5 ...

A recent report by SG Cowen gives an upbeat glimpse of enterprise Linux spending plans in the New Year. The financial services firm surveyed 500 IT professionals from 527 North American companies and ...

The best and worst of 2004 This issue of Linux.Ars is a special one. We bring you the best (and worst) of 2004 in the Linux and Open Source community. We wanted to be "fair" with our end of year ...

You might say that the trend to 64-bit Linux systems started in 1994 when Jon “maddog” Hall, then at Digital, gave Linus Torvalds an Alpha workstation. But the mass market started to make the move ...

The 2nd annual Linux audio software conference took place again at the wonderful ZKM (Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnology) in Karlsruhe, Germany, from April 29 through May 2. Last year's conference ...

We’ll start out by introducing you to Mono (very briefly because you’ve probably had this pounded down your throat for the past 2 years) then we’ll present some code and screenshots that demonstrate ...

11 December 2002 Analysts at the Meta Group have forecast that the growing popularity of the open source Linux operating system will soon force software giant Microsoft to port its major applications ...

Microsoft has announced that the upcoming Windows 10 2004 release will also include Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) whose Linux kernel will be kept updated via Windows Update. When Microsoft ...

The initial excitement about Linux as an alternative to Windows on the desktop has long since cooled, and the most encouraging industry projections don't show the open-source operating system taking ...