A production version of the free GNU operating system is likely to be available by year’s end, said the president of Boston-based Free Software Foundation Inc. (FSF) in an interview. “We actually have ...

The operating system created in 1992 by combining the GNU system, the Linux kernel and other software. Although "Linux" is the name most widely heard, many prefer to use "GNU/Linux" to give credit to ...

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The rules governing the use of most free software programs will be revised for the first time in 15 years, in an open process that begins Wednesday. Free software, once regarded as a tiny ...

“Free software” is a term that’s often used interchangeably with “open source,” and often understood simply to mean software that is obtained without charge. However, the idea of free software is ...

If you grew up with Unix systems like we did, you’ll be sorry to hear the news: vi, the noble text editor that has served us so well these 40 years, is going away — from many GNU/Linux systems, anyway ...

Eyüpsultan Municipality decided to use an open source operating system in desktop computers in 2015. The most important goal of the project was to ensure information security and reduce foreign ...