It took careful work to recover the UNIX V4 operating system from the 9-track magnetic tape. The software is foundational for ...

Big Blue is set to release improvements to its AIX version of Unix that makes the software better able to juggle multiple jobs in the same machine. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

Linux is regularly appearing on IT organizations' shortlists for Web and application deployments. It is increasingly being considered for small databases (2-4 processors). In a Lintel world, we are ...

Basically it’s an operating system that uses a Linux kernel, the WINE compatibility layer for Windows applications, and the ...

Microsoft last week made available for free its Services for Unix software, which helps integrate Unix and Windows, and supports migrations of Unix applications to the Microsoft platform. Microsoft ...

Likewise Software has released a new version of its open-source authentication software for allowing Linux, Apple Macintosh and commercial Unix-based computers to hook into Microsoft Active Directory ...

Linux offers control, security, and freedom, but its learning curve, software, and hardware issues may challenge some users.

For most of the world, there are exactly two flavors of computer: Mac and Windows. Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) make the operating systems for 97% of personal computers. And there ...

After four decades, the future of the operating system is clouded, but its legacy will endure. Originally written in one month during the summer of ’69, a little operating system called Unix would go ...