Debian

Linux greybeards release beta of systemd-free Debian fork

Devuan 'Jessie' betas debut in the name of 'Init freedom'

OSes29 Apr 2016 | 118

True believers mind-meld FreeBSD with Ubuntu to burn systemd

'UbuntuBSD' promises the best of several possible bootloading worlds

OSes22 Mar 2016 | 98

Microsoft has crafted a switch OS on Debian Linux. Repeat, a switch OS on Debian Linux

OCP Summit Toolkit for wrangling networks released

OSes09 Mar 2016 | 124

Solus: A welcome ground-up break from the Linux herd

Review No bling, just minimal surfaces. Apps, though...

OSes08 Mar 2016 | 87

Debian 6.0 about to take flying leap off long term support cliff

Here's a novel use for February 29th: ending security updates for Debian 'squeeze'

Software16 Feb 2016 | 31

Speaking in Tech: Rant at fools on Facebook? You pass the IQ test

Podcast Plus: 'Me and the Atari 2600, we had good times'

Software06 Jan 2016 |

Debian Linux founder Ian Murdock dead at 42

Tributes pour in for open-source pioneer who had threatened to kill himself on Twitter

OSes30 Dec 2015 | 119

Hey, Oracle, what's in that VirtualBox security update? *crickets*

Debian team bit miffed about secretive vuln fixes in hypervisor software

Security15 Sep 2015 | 4

Debian upgrades Wheezy and Jessie with a combined 372 updates

Patch deluge awaits Penguinistas after weekend emissions

OSes07 Sep 2015 | 20

Debian Project holds Sparc port's hand, switches off life support

No more support for bedridden Sun hardware going forward

OSes27 Jul 2015 | 20

Five lightweight Linux desktop worlds for extreme open-sourcers

Screenshots Need a slim-line work environment? We recommend the best

OSes09 Jul 2015 | 106

Google IS listening: Binary blob banished from Chromium build

Simply no place for closed-source components, sorry

Software26 Jun 2015 | 15

Chrome, Debian Linux, and the secret binary blob download riddle

Browser snuck proprietary voice-snoop code into distro

Security17 Jun 2015 | 68

Systemd hee hee: Jessie Debian gallops (slowly) into view

Review But your server bits get rustled, cowboy

OSes06 May 2015 | 25

Debian ships new 'Jessie' release with systemd AND sysvinit

That oughta keep the greybeards quiet for now

Software27 Apr 2015 | 58

Debian on track to prove binaries' origins

Reproducible binary project 83% complete

OSes23 Feb 2015 | 29

BOO! Grave remote-code exec flaw in GNU C Library TERRIFIES Linux

When there's something strange in your gethostbyname, who y'gonna call? Ghostbusters

Security27 Jan 2015 | 50

Devuan rebels hope to deliver Debian fork in 2015

343 people on the mailing list, €3,473 in cash and systemd replacement under way

OSes24 Dec 2014 | 19

YEAR of the PENGUIN: A Linux mobile in 2015?

Choh. Just as they sort the desktop out, bloody PCs disappear

OSes22 Dec 2014 | 107

systemd row ends with Debian getting forked

Greybeards vs. Gnomes fight sees creation of new 'Devuan' distro

OSes01 Dec 2014 | 313

Tough Banana Pi: a Raspberry Pi for colour-blind diehards

Review Wi-Fi? Check. SATA 2 port? Check. Screen - Ow, my eyes!

OSes28 Nov 2014 | 75

UNIX greybeards threaten Debian fork over systemd plan

'Veteran Unix Admins' fear desktop emphasis is betraying open source

OSes21 Oct 2014 | 150

The agony and ecstasy of SteamOS: WHERE ARE MY GAMES?

Game Theory And yes it does need a fat HDD (or SSD, it's cool with either)

OSes20 Aug 2014 | 112

Debian Linux, Android share a bed in upcoming distro

MicroXwin gents prep VolksPC

OSes21 Jul 2014 | 35

New secure OS will put Tails between NSA's legs

Debian-derived OS funnels everything through Tor and HTTPS

Security01 May 2014 | 18

Q. Can your Linux PC run Crysis? OK, it can. But will it run natively? A. Soon, very soon

Crytek touts CryENGINE for penguin-powered machines

OSes11 Mar 2014 | 37

Valve showers Debian Linux devs with FREE Steam games

Community contributors given unlimited access to Valve titles

OSes24 Jan 2014 | 56

Citizen Kano pitches easy-build Raspberry Pi for code-hungry kids

Pi-based micro in ‘ships with a paper manual’ shocker

OSes20 Nov 2013 | 17

Cinnamon Desktop: Breaks with GNOME, finds beefed-up Nemo

Review It's all a bit more Windowsy than its ancestors

OSes29 Oct 2013 | 80

No distro diva drama here: Penguinista favourite Debian turns 20

Anniversary How solid, stocky Linux babe kept relationship 'open' but stayed true to you

OSes13 Aug 2013 | 61

Mint 15 freshens Ubuntu's bad bits

Review Slipping between GNOME and Unity sheets with Olivia

OSes26 Jun 2013 | 159

Penguins in spa-a-a-ce! ISS dumps Windows for Linux on laptops

'We needed an operating system that was stable and reliable'

OSes10 May 2013 | 86

Google's cloud dumps custom Linux, switches to Debian

Updated Debian 7.0 wheezes in as GCEL hobbles out

OSes09 May 2013 | 57

Good news: Debian 7 is rock solid. Bad news: It's called Wheezy

Review If you want to be 20 miles from the bleeding edge, come on in

OSes08 May 2013 | 98

Debian 7 debuts

Wheezy wheels out with extra cloud power

OSes06 May 2013 | 27

P-P-P-Pick up our PENGUIN-POWERED Pi PIPER of Python

How-to Download El Reg's Raspberry Pi jukebox

OSes26 Nov 2012 | 33

Canonical bungs kill switch onto Ubuntu's Amazon 'adware'

Penguinista revolt sparks volte-face at Um Bongo towers

OSes27 Sep 2012 | 46

Password flaw leaves MySQL, MariaDB open to brute force attack

Ubuntu, Fedora, and openSUSE versions vulnerable

Security11 Jun 2012 | 23

Shuttleworth: Ubuntu rockets up at enterprises

Canonical looks for a higher OpenStack uplift

OSes14 Mar 2012 | 19

Debian, Ubuntu patching up rocky romance

FOSDEM Deb supremo speaks as devs link arms in ARM

OSes14 Feb 2012 | 12

Microsoft eyes Ubuntu and Debian love on Hyper-V

Azure to run Linux?!

OSes02 Jun 2011 | 18

Debian 6: Have your Debian and eat your Ubuntu too

Review GNOME, KDE, and beyond

OSes21 Feb 2011 | 59

The Reg guide to Linux, part 1: Picking a distro

Who's top of the table and who's going home

OSes21 Jun 2010 | 191

Tomcat for Ubuntu and Debian gets Mule kick

Linux love for open-source Java

OSes21 Apr 2010 |

Debian to harness FreeBSD with kernel port

Squeezing into your appliances

OSes07 Oct 2009 | 18

Ubuntu man finds metalove in Debian attacks

Long-term Linux co-ordination predicted

OSes05 Oct 2009 | 16

Ubuntu's Lucid Lynx sprays sweet perfume at freeloaders

Marking out the roadmap

Channel21 Sep 2009 | 14

Ubuntu man extends olive branch to irate Debian devs

Shuttleworth: We must work together

OSes07 Aug 2009 | 33

Open-source .NET splits for extra Microsoft protection

Boycott Debian and Ubuntu calls silenced?

OSes07 Jul 2009 | 28

Microsoft promises no patent prosecution of open-source .NET

Ubuntu joins Debian Mono denials

OSes07 Jul 2009 | 44

Debian rejects open-source .NET threat claim

Minority install

OSes03 Jul 2009 | 28

Stallman: open-source .NET 'danger' for Debian

Microsoft patent warning

OSes29 Jun 2009 | 50

HP servers still half-cold to Ubuntu

No high-end love

OSes15 Jun 2009 | 10

Gnome answers Linux critics with 'big' vision plan

"Experience" this

OSes03 Apr 2009 | 55

'Lenny': Debian for the masses?

Review Ubuntu without the straitjacket

OSes16 Feb 2009 | 100

Debian 'Lenny' arrives: bigger, longer, searchable

Linux distro gets medical injection

OSes16 Feb 2009 | 17