The last time I checked, software was meant to be used. In order for software to be used, it needs to be useful to those who have not perused all the texts required for a Ph.D. in Computer Science--as ...

Although Linux receives a lot of praise as a rock-solid server and, recently, as an up-and-coming desktop, games have never been its strong suit. Sure, we all have our favorite diversions; I've spent ...

Google Summer of Code participant Laurent Debacker spent this summer implementing a nifty set of GTK# widgets that can be used to create Linux applications with interface elements that resemble the ...

The makers of systems programming language Rust are looking at how to adapt the language for use in the Linux kernel. Josh Triplett, a former Intel engineer and a lead of the Rust language team, says ...