Andrew Warkentin has spent over twenty years collecting old operating systems and getting them to run. The result is the ...

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On the year of Linux’s 30th anniversary, Jack Wallen ponders how the open-source operating system has profoundly affected the landscape of enterprise businesses. Linux is 30 years old. I was just ...

Jack Wallen explains how Linux has changed computing for the better and ponders what might be next for the open source OS created by Linus Torvalds. Today marks the official 30th birthday of the Linux ...

Looking for non-Linux open-source options? From ghosts of past operating systems to fascinating works in progress, here are my top picks.