What's Linus Torvalds doing to celebrate the release of the gold code? Start with some beer and a long-delayed housewarming party. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 ...

It's hard to imagine that Linus Torvalds could have launched Linux without directly using earlier operating system work, according to a report that has become controversial even before its scheduled ...

Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from Network World. Google’s Nexus One got a big time endorsement over the weekend from Linux kernel developer Linus Torvalds, who blogged about the ...

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The father of Linux, Linus Torvalds, is claiming that new provisions against digital rights management in a draft update to the General Public Licence (GPL) could have a detrimental effect on computer ...

We asked you what you would ask Linus Torvalds, father of Linux, if you met him. LT: "I'm kind of ambivalent on the issue. I have found it very interesting to see what happens if Microsoft gets split ...

Well it may be a wild ride these days for those on Apple’s side of the fence — gotta love those bumpers! — but for those of us here in the Linux blogosphere, things have been remarkably calm, cool and ...

Linus Torvalds, father of Linux, has hit out with sharp criticisms concerning GPL version 3. GPL version 2 currently governs Linux, and in a nutshell provides a kind of quid pro quo philosophy for the ...

The “father” of the Internet is pretty well known in tech circles, as are the father of Java and the father of Linux. In honor of Father’s Day, Network World this week salutes the many inventors who ...