Linux
The Linux Community Is Circumventing Red Hat's Controversial New Strategy
Red Hat’s recent decision to restrict the source code for its enterprise Linux build has led open-source projects big and small to come up with creative strategies to continue to serve their users.
This Song Will Break Your MacBook’s Speakers
A security researcher blew up his MacBook speakers by playing a really loud song, and a loud sound for 40 seconds.
Major Internet Projects Are Leaving Freenode After Korean Prince ‘Takeover’
Wikimedia, Ubuntu, Monero, and several other open source organizations have announced that they are moving away from the historical network.
How Sony Forged, Then Squandered, Its Relationship With Linux Users
How Sony screwed up 15 years of goodwill with developers and open-source users by removing Linux support from its console—support hacked back in anyway.
The PinePhone Is an Open-Source, Community Developed iOS and Android Competitor
The device runs on a version of Linux modified by a community of developers and is designed to last 10 years.
The Internet Was Built on the Free Labor of Open Source Developers. Is That Sustainable?
A look at the complicated business of funding open source software development.
I Stopped Using a Computer Mouse for a Week and It Was Amazing
Your life will be so much easier if you force yourself to learn keyboard shortcuts.
How I Quit Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon
A reflection on my month without Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon, plus a how-to guide if you want to quit the biggest companies in tech.
Someone Defaced Linux.org Website With ‘Goatse’ And Anti-Diversity Tirade
Someone took control of a Linux unofficial community website and replaced its regular content with a NSFW meme, a dox of a transgender open source developer, and anti-diversity messages.
Linus Torvalds Is Back With Linux
Only a month after the creator of Linux said he needed some time off, he’s back at the helm of the world’s most popular open source operating system.
The Culture War Comes to Linux
After Linux adopted a new Code of Conduct, a small group of programmers threatened to rescind their code from the project. Lead Linux developers say the threat is "hollow."
Creator of Linux Apologizes For Being a Jerk and Says He’s Working on ‘Understanding Emotions’
Linus Torvalds, the creator of the open source Linux operating system, apologized for his “lifetime of not understanding emotions” and “flippant attacks in emails.”