Today, Linux distributions contain much more than the GNU tools and the Linux kernel and, whether fair or not, it’s the term “Linux” that has stuck.

Longtime programmer Jonathan Corbet tells the story of Linux and reveals what's made it successful over its three decades.

The Linux kernel provides the nucleus of the system, but a "Linux distribution" includes a huge amount of software from the GNU Project and other sources (see Linux distribution).

Unlike Windows or macOS, Linux has quietly become the backbone of modern tech. Its open-source, flexible, and reliable nature ...

The Linux kernel has a monolithic architecture, which means that the whole kernel code runs in kernel space and shares the same address space. Because of this architecture, you have to choose the ...

Open-source GNU/Linux operating systems, for all their complications and confusing nomenclature, span a universe of alternatives to Windows and macOS worth exploring.

The Linux kernel, the core of any Linux distribution, constantly is evolving to incorporate new technologies and to improve performance, scalability and usability. Every new kernel release adds ...

GNU/Linux. The majority of Linux distributions are a combination of the Linux kernel plus GNU software, which has led a vocal minority to argue that we should all be referring to Linux as GNU/Linux.

People have been talking about switching from Windows to Linux since the 1990s, but in the world of open-source operating systems, there is much more variety than just the hundreds of flavors of ...

This kernel, named Linux, combined with the GNU system, created a fully free operating system. To this day, Stallman and the FSF insist that Linux should be known as "GNU/Linux." ...