Rob Kolstad, long-time USENIX executive and noted industry personality, often points out that a good system administrator is a master of change on many time scales. That statement is most ...

If you were lucky enough to have internet access in the early '90s, it was likely through a Unix shell account over a dialup ...

The next time you buy a computer, you'll likely get one tied to the ancient computing past --- Unix. Yes, you heard that right, Unix. Here's why.

Larry Ellison is well known as one of the first persons to coin the term “Network Computer”, a much-heralded promise of low-cost network appliances and terminals for corporate America. His latest spin ...

Polvi remembers the Linux man helping them build a computer-powered USB thermometer. The four have been friends ever since, and some have worked together on occasion. But the CoreOS project is a ...

The computer world is notorious for its obsession ... The decision to back it is laid out in the then-nascent Internet Engineering Task Force's document RFC 681, which notes that Unix "presents ...

This Summer, Sylvania Computer Products will introduce a new 27-inch digital TV that combines the functions of a TV with those of an Internet appliance. The device, which owes its internal ...

Mug shot of computer scientist Dennis Ritchie, who with Ken Thompson have been awarded a 2011 Japan Prize for Information and Communications for their work creating the UNIX computer operating ...

News about Linux, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. Skip to content Skip to site index Linux (Computer Operating System) ...