Thirty years ago, give or take, Linus Torvalds created Linux. At the Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit last week, Torvalds talked with his good friend and VMware VP and chief open-source officer ...

In 2012, the Linux CEO was addressing a public Q&A session when he called Nvidia the ‘worst’ company he had ever dealt with.

Make no mistake about it. If you include smartphones and tablets, you can argue Linux is already the top end-user operating system. In addition, there are many excellent Linux desktops, such as Mint ...

Linus Torvalds is one of the most influential figures in the world of open source software, having created Linux and Git. He's got some thoughts.

Linux users can't seem to agree on what the best setup is, and there's a reason for that. The perfect one is the one you ...

Linux founder Linus Torvalds recently picked up a Google Chromebook Pixel, and the hardware left such a positive impression that he posed the question "Why do PC manufacturers even bother any more?" ...

Some of the reactions to Apple's decision to make OS X 10.9 Mavericks a free upgrade have been a little over the top, especially in relation to Windows, which we think will be just fine in this ...

A proposal to help Linus Torvalds keep up with patches for Linux has sparked a controversy over whether the operating system has outgrown its creator. On Monday, Rob Landley, a computer programmer, ...

Oregon software developer Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux computer operating system, issued an apology Sunday for caustic online behavior and said he would take some time away to improve his ...

Torvalds has had a contentious relationship with those in the Linux community for years. He’s been known to be short-tempered and arrogant in his dealings with those very members. This all came to a ...

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Perhaps the most hotly anticipated event at LinuxCon was this morning’s kernel developer panel featuring none other than Linux creator Linus Torvalds. In the panel, Torvalds said he’s worried the ...