Update: After publishing this column, I received reader feedback that caused me to review the data I’d used before. See my follow-up post for more details. Valve’s considerable efforts on behalf of ...

In recent years, Microsoft has warmed up to Linux, which it used to see as a rival. Now, there's more use of Linux than Windows on Microsoft Azure.

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Linux also seemed to gain a foothold in the PDA world, as 5% of corporations said they were standardizing on Linux-based handheld computing devices. Windows CE/PocketPC and Palm were the most popular ...

The collection of user data has become a contentious issue for people worldwide. Fortunately, Canonical has shown how it can be done right.

The past two years have already seen significant jumps in corporate Linux usage, but now it looks like that trend is continuing into a third year. To wit: While overall server revenue grew at just 3.1 ...

The printf command offers well-defined behavior following the POSIX standard, which means it works the same way across shells ...

Desktop Linux can run on your Windows 7 (and older) laptops and desktops. Machines that would bend and break under the load of Windows 10 will run like a charm. And today’s desktop Linux distributions ...