But how did OSS become so widespread? Was it pure cost efficiency, or does OSS really bring more innovation to organizations?

With the Ubuntu distribution of Linux turning 21 years old this month, students' opinions vary on its relative merits.

When you hear the term "open source," it's talking about any publicly accessible design that people are free to change and ...

At the Ubuntu Summit 25.10 at Canonical headquarters in London, Mark Shuttleworth, founder and CEO, and Jon Seager, VP of engineering for Ubuntu, explained their vision and plans for 26.04, Resolute ...

The solution to this has long been Linux, an open-source operating system that offers as much ... Some versions are ...

Another fascinating aspect of SpiralLinux is that it can be easily upgraded to either Debian Unstable or Debian Testing (if you're brave and want the latest, greatest releases -- but with probable ...

The central bank can’t change regulations through the courts, says Joon Chong, a partner at law firm Webber Wentzel.

The Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa (TENET) has explained why it decommissioned the mirror.ac.za ...

I'm editor-at-large for Ziff Davis Enterprise. That's a fancy title that means I write about whatever topic strikes my fancy or needs written about across the Ziff Davis Enterprise family of ...

Ubuntu's much-maligned format may be finally reaching critical mass Ubuntu Summit More than one Linux-adjacent vendor ...

Ubuntu's new "architecture variants" let you download packages optimized for x86-64-v2 or v3 chips, etc. This brings a slight (like 1%) performance boost for some apps. Ubuntu 25.10 includes an early ...