Look at almost any mission-critical computer system in the world—servers, workstations, embedded computers, and many more—and ...

As one who's very new to linux, can somebody give me a decent explanation about what a kernel is? I see it mentioned all over. Do all distros use the same kernel? What is its function? Are there ...

In my previous article, I discussed the things one should consider when purchasing a laptop on which Linux will run. This time I would like discuss a few ways to get the laptop up and running with a ...