A Linux system can be tweaked to a degree Windows users may envy (or fear) especially for networking. Tweaking a Linux box for networking is a bit more mundane than other platforms: there are specific ...

Novell pledged Tuesday to deliver versions of its networking software on Linux later this year and announced distribution deals with leading hardware providers. By the end of 2003, the Provo, ...

I've been using Linux for what seems like forever. Over the years, I've noticed that I use the command line less and less, because the GUIs have just gotten so much better. Even still, there are ...

“East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,” is a line from Rudyard Kipling’s The Ballad of East and West. It could also apply to Windows and Linux. If you don’t know what you’re ...

One of the best things about Linux is that there are always multiple ways to do anything you want to do. However, some ways are easier than others. Take, for example, virtual networking. There are ...

Among the key networking features in Linux 6.4 are multiple improvements to improve traffic flow, extended support for Wi-Fi 7 wireless networking, new eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) features ...

Revolution is defined as a sudden and fundamental change, and having seen the effects of one revolution does not always allow us to foresee those of the next. Revolutions can cause new waves of ...

Firmware is the low-level software programmed into a device's read-only memory, responsible for controlling its hardware functions. In the context of routers and networking equipment, firmware ...

Certifications from Red Hat, Oracle and SUSE are tailored to environments where those Linux distributions are prevalent.

Linus Torvalds is a busy man who continues to toil away at the Linux kernel to bring it new features, better performance and enhanced security. While the latest release of the Linux kernel might not ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’ve written before about the Linux Foundation and the power of open, standards-based networking. Open source is having a ...

Chances are you’re familiar with Linux, but for tech novices, it’s a collection of open-source software built upon the Linux kernel (the core of a computer operating system). Linux was first released ...