On August 25, 1991, Linus Torvalds announced a hobby project that evolved into Linux, one of the most important computing ...

29-years in the making, the Linux kernel just accepted its millionth commit. The greatest open-source project of all time has come a long way from its "hobby" beginnings.

In the mean time, here is a brief timeline of The History Of Pre-Installed Linux On The Desktop, starting last June: ...

Ever wonder where Tux the penguin came from? Jack Wallen offers up a bit of a history lesson.

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Today we're going to look at Linux. Not as a competitor to Windows and not as a repository of proprietary code (as SCO would have you believe), but as an alternative operating system that might ...

Happy Birthday, Linux. At 30 years old, you have made quite a reputation for yourself. Having spirited the rise of open-source software, you have turned the world of proprietary computing upside down.

August 25 marks the 25th anniversary of Linux, the free and open-source operating system that's used around the globe in smartphones, tablets, desktop PCs, servers, supercomputers, and more.

Jim Wasko, Director, IBM Linux Technology Center, writes about the LTC's purpose, its history and its future in two new blogs.