We’ve seen a bunch of efforts to develop free and open source smartphone operating systems over the past decade. But most have relied on at least some proprietary drivers and other software – even on ...

You've probably guessed by now that this article is going to head towards discussing Linux - but Linux is far from the only free Operating System. OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, GNU/HURD, as well as a ...

In August 1991, a student at the University of Helsinki posted a request to an Internet discussion group asking for help on a project to build a free computer operating system (OS). Linus Torvalds ...

What are open-source operating systems? Underpinning an operating system, for example Windows on your PC or Android on your phone, is many, many lines of code. Allowing anyone to inspect the source ...