Two weeks ago frequent contributors p_msac and bportlock challenged me to see Linux as not Unix and to discuss the consequences of that difference. The reality here is simple: Linus Torvalds started ...

What defines an operating system isn’t a geeky label or a collection of ramblings from the mouths of its community members. Nor is it some empty and pointless certification offered up by an obscure ...

A：主要挑战是碎片化问题，包括过多的桌面环境选择、软件包管理系统不兼容、以及缺乏主要PC制造商的强力支持。目前有十多种重要的Linux桌面界面，让用户难以选择。 A：解决方案是使用容器化软件包交付系统，如 Flatpaks、Snaps 和 AppImages。这些系统将所有必需的依赖项打包到单一包中，让供应商能够交付在任何Linux桌面上都能运行的通用版本。

One is the world's oldest Linux distro, the other isn't Linux at all. Each delivers superb stability - let's compare.

Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie at a PDP-11. Peter Hamer [CC BY-SA 2.0] Last week the computing world celebrated an important anniversary: the UNIX operating system turned 50 years old. What was ...

Linux, also known as GNU/Linux, is a free, UNIX-like operating system, developed originally for home PCs, but which now runs on practically every hardware platform available including PowerPC, ...

在这艰难的时代里，观众中热爱计算机考古的朋友们将迎来一次难得的体验。还记得上周在犹他大学发现并恢复的Unix v4磁带吗？得益于现代浏览器的强大功能以及Mitch Riedstra的努力，你现在可以在浏览器模拟器中直接运行它。

You ever see an injustice in the world—one so strong, so overwhelming—that, try as you might, you just can't ignore it? A crime that dominates your consciousness beyond all others? That drives you, ...