Contiki is a tiny, open source operating system that few people know about. Plus: VLC adds Chromecast support to desktop and mobile apps, and a review of GoboLinux 015 by DistroWatch.

There's a large selection of free and open source (FOSS) operating systems available these days, and choosing the right one for any given circumstance can be quite a challenge. This article is ...

Linux is a tried-and-true, open-source operating system released in 1991 for computers, but its use has expanded to underpin systems for cars, phones, web servers and, more recently, networking gear.

Open source software powers much of the internet and apps you use everyday. But is it safe, and what (if any) precautions ...

There’s a large selection of free and open source (FOSS) operating systems available these days, and choosing the right one for any given circumstance can be quite a challenge. This article is ...

Any of the open-source operating systems on this list will do the job, but it's about your needs and what you want to do with your NAS. If you want a powerful OS that will do anything, ...

The open source software movement grew out of the related, but separate, "free software" movement. In 1983, Richard Stallman, at the time a programmer at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ...

For the typical technology prosumer, the idea of open-source, free-to-use software is wholly uncontroversial. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide variously use Linux and Android operating ...

FreeNAS is a free and open source operating system designed for network-attached storage (NAS) devices. For much of the past decade, the project has been led by the folks at iXsystems, which has ...

The report found that 93% of organizations in banking, insurance and finance are using open-source operating systems. Furthermore, 89% are using open-source software languages. This is not ...