The choice between CentOS vs Ubuntu depends on your specific needs: stability, support, security, and software ecosystem. While Ubuntu receives official support from Canonical, the last supported ...

Pro-Linux site polishlinux.org has a new tool that lets you compare Linux distributions side by side.

Windows and Linux are like the sides of a coin; the differences between both are stark. Microsoft Windows is a proprietary operating system created by Microsoft and is the widely used operating system ...

Abstract: In this paper, we compare running the Linux operating system on the compute nodes of ASCI Red hardware to running a specialized, highly-optimized lightweight kernel (LWK) operating system.

The story of Linux on non-x86 architectures started in 1994 with a port to the now-abandoned Alpha architecture. Other ports quickly followed, and over the years, Linux has gained support for most ...

Two weeks ago, I asked for reader aid in getting documentation on early 1990s System VR4 Unix to help understand what things can be done with Linux today but could not be done with AT&T System VR4.

Have you ever wondered how the various Linux distros of the world stack up next to each other? Well PolishLinux.org can help answer that question for you. The site gives side by side comparisons of ...