Developers talk a lot about “immutability.” Outside the technical world, it usually means something negative: unmoving, inflexible, and entrenched. However, in the technical field, these features ...

With cybersecurity threats on the rise and data breaches occurring almost every week, it’s natural to ask: What is the most secure operating system (OS)? Unfortunately, the answer isn’t ...

Ultimately, every problem in the constantly evolving IT software stack becomes a database problem, which is why there are 418 different databases and datastores in the DB Engines rankings and there ...

rlxOS is an immutable Linux distribution that is available now and shows real promise but has real issues. It offers a lovely take on Xfce and offers high performance for new and old hardware. Plagued ...

Red Hat, IBM, and Microsoft may own the old markets for operating systems. But if Google, VMware, and (yes!) Microsoft have their ways, a new breed of operating systems will displace the old world.

Although two potential security vulnerabilities affecting the Linux operating system have surfaced in the past three weeks, analysts and two users say the incidents won’t erode confidence in Linux as ...

With its status as the most common cloud operating system cemented beyond all doubt, Linux has become a core part of organisational digital infrastructure around the world, but it is also opening up ...

Similar to what Microsoft did for Windows 7, the extended security update program for Windows 10 will allow customers to purchase a yearly subscription to security updates for up to three years after ...