News about Linux, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Unix at 50: How the OS that powered smartphones started from failure Today, Unix powers iOS and Android—its legend begins with a gator and a trio of researchers.

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.

The Raspberry Pi foundation has announced it will lift the purchasing restrictions on its $35 Linux computer. The organization's manufacturing partners will soon make the board available for bulk ...

As far as I know, the Mac mini is the first Unix computer from a major manufacturer (if Apple can be called that) to be this small and cheap. This is a full multi-user operating system and ...

Linux is driven by users rather than vendors, and many users view software upgrades as a way to move technology forward, and not as an excuse to dump hardware, says columnist Evan Leibovitch.

On "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0 Day," tech lovers all over the world celebrated the moment when the clocks in the popular Unix computer operating system struck that exact stream of numbers. But on Feb. 13 ...

Bodhi Linux can make an old computer feel brand new If you're looking for a different take on the desktop, Bodhi Linux is an option that will have you enjoying your computer again.

US computer scientist Dennis Ritchie - one of the co-inventors of the Unix operating system and the C programming language - has died at 70 after a long illness.