ChatGPT, how did you get here? It was a long journey through open source AI
Opinion Without publicly accessible code, there would be no AI chatbot
Software24 Mar 2023 | 23
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, aka sjvn, has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting edge PC operating system; 300bps was a fast Internet connection; WordStar was the state of the art word processor; and we liked it!
Musk said Twitter would open source its algorithm – then fired the people who could
Opinion Like so many of his promises, it's probably one he can't keep
Software10 Mar 2023 | 155
Who writes Linux and open source software?
Opinion Developers and, more to the point, the companies that employ them
OSes24 Feb 2023 | 111
ChromeOS now runs on top of Linux and, er, Zephyr ...
Column Google's finest via the what now? Plus: RISC-V-powered Chromebook isn't out of the question
OSes14 Feb 2023 | 15
What is Google doing with its open source teams?
Opinion Nothing good – the recent layoffs hit its best and brightest leaders hard
Software27 Jan 2023 | 49
For password protection, dump LastPass for open source Bitwarden
Opinion After the security breach last summer, staying put is playing with fire
Cyber-crime16 Jan 2023 | 131
Crypto craziness craps out – and about time too
Opinion Fintech, you're better than this. Time to concentrate on more helpful stuff
Networks23 Dec 2022 | 150
Linux kernel 6.1: Rusty release could be a game-changer
Opinion Don't sob into your battered copy of K&R though, the shift will move slowly
OSes09 Dec 2022 | 57
How do you solve the problem that is Twitter?
Opinion Technically and leadership-wise what site needs is stability
Personal Tech06 Dec 2022 | 156
GitHub's Copilot flies into its first open source copyright lawsuit
Opinion It won't be the last
AI + ML11 Nov 2022 | 91
Why I love my Chromebook: Reason 1, it's a Linux desktop
Column We appreciate power but sometimes it's about getting up and running sooner
OSes28 Oct 2022 | 151
Laugh all you want. There will be a year of the Linux desktop
Opinion But, it won't play out the way you think it will
OSes14 Oct 2022 | 151
Is it time to retire C and C++ for Rust in new programs?
Column Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Azure CTO, thinks so
Software28 Sep 2022 | 199
The next deep magic Linux program to change the world? Io_uring
Column Even Torvalds pronounces it 'fairly sane'
Software16 Sep 2022 | 55
Businesses should dump Windows for the Linux desktop
Opinion It makes perfect sense for enterprises as well as enthusiasts. Just ask GitLab
Security10 Aug 2022 | 264
Get over it: Microsoft is a Linux and open source company these days
Opinion 'The Evil Empire' hasn't been evil for about eight years now
Software13 Jul 2022 | 167
I love the Linux desktop, but that doesn't mean I don't see its problems all too well
Comment Fragmentation has put paid to the dream of this OS ever being bigger than Windows
OSes08 Jun 2022 | 270
Open-source leaders' reputations as jerks is undeserved
Opinion In fact, most of them are great people
Software12 May 2022 | 99
Why the Linux desktop is the best desktop
Column Anyone who tells you Linux is hard to use wasn't paying attention – and here's why
OSes13 Apr 2022 | 466
Where are the (serious) Russian cyberattacks?
Column Sure, HermeticWiper and IssacWiper are bad, but they're not BAD in capital letters
Security09 Mar 2022 | 102
Securing open-source code isn't going to be cheap
Column Devs and maintainers are getting paid ... though not to concentrate on security
Software09 Feb 2022 | 85
Open source isn't the security problem – misusing it is
Opinion Security is a process, not a product
Software12 Jan 2022 | 43
But why that VPN? How WireGuard made it into Linux
Opinion Even the best of ideas can take their own sweet time making it into the kernel
Software08 Dec 2021 | 32
Keep calm and learn Rust: We'll be seeing a lot more of the language in Linux very soon
Opinion It's another string to your bow
Software10 Nov 2021 | 138
How Windows NTFS finally made it into Linux
Opinion Microsoft's New Technology File System has been with us for decades and at long, long last it's going to be fully supported for penguins
Software13 Oct 2021 | 84
Open-source software starts with developers, but there are other important contributors, too. Who exactly? Good question
Opinion Looking beyond the programmers
Software08 Sep 2021 | 40
XML shows promise, but …
Don't underestimate its problems
Software18 Jun 2003 |
IBM's Intel Linux plans
The xSeries may not get the press, but it still gets profits
Systems19 Jun 2002 |
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