Linux users working on laptops and other portable devices may soon have cause to rejoice thanks to a new kernel patch that finally promises to fix power regression problems associated with recent ...

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, ...

Canonical is the latest Linux vendor to patch a vulnerability in the open-source operating system's kernel that could have left the door open for hackers to find their way into users' machines. In an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Linux camp When one considers open source, it's fairly easy to imagine a world of designers, developers, and distributors getting ...

What a difference 233 lines of code can make. That’s the size of a small new patch to the Linux kernel’s scheduler that has been found to reduce the average latency of the desktop by about 60 times.

Instead of guessing about security alerts, learn how to confirm your system status using the tools your distro already ...

Linux is engineered with security in mind. In fact, the most fundamental security mechanisms are built right in to the kernel itself, which makes it extremely hard for malicious code to bypass.

Users of the popular Ubuntu Linux recently found themselves in some hot water after deploying a software patch to fix some hardware issues with the X Window software. The patch was faulty, and ...

Microsoft’s recent lawsuit against TomTom, alleging infringement of filesystem patents, has left many questions unanswered about the legal implications of distributing open source implementations of ...