Legal battles may be slowing proprietary innovation to a crawl, but open source software just keeps getting better.

If you had the option to pick your own price for a computer game that only runs on your Linux rig, would you pay to play? Not if you are a typical Linux gamer. At least, that’s the popular perception of fans of free and open source software. Linux is available freely. So why pay [...]

Linux.com: Those of us in the open source community depend heavily on Oregon State University’s Open Source Labs (OSUOSL), but may not even realize just how much.

During the recent LinuxCon convention in Vancouver, Linux creator Linus Torvalds took the stage to answer some questions about Android. During the past few years, there has been a lot of debate in the open source community over whether Android is or is not Linux.

The Linux Foundation and FOSSBazzaar on Wednesday released a new specification to ease the pain of license compliance for open source software.

On the opening day of LinuxCon, the Linux Foundation’s SPDX workgroup announced the first release of a standard for sharing open source license information.

A new article identifies the social-welfare benefits of open source software, despite the existence of free-riding that is inherent in the industry due to information-sharing. The market creates spillover benefits for both consumers and producers.

You can be the coolest and best-equipped network administrator on the block with Ubuntu Natty Narwhal Linux on a netbook. Netbooks are lightweight and portable, have long battery life, and bright sharp screens — and, thanks to Linux and open source, you can outfit your netbook with all the software network troubleshooting and fixit utilities [...]