Yes, Torvalds said he'd love to have one of the new M1-powered Apple laptops, but it won't run Linux and, in an exclusive interview he explains why getting Linux to run well on it isn't worth the ...

SAN DIEGO -- For the first time, Linus Torvalds has spoken at an embedded Linux conference, the Linux Foundation's 2016 Embedded Linux Conference & OpenIoT Summit. It's not that embedded Linux ...

Torvalds wasn’t on stage for long, speaking for less than 15 minutes in a Q&A with Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin, but he touched on several key topics, including the Internet of ...

Linus Torvalds (l) and Dirk Hohndel (r) at the Open Source Summit Europe Image: Matt Asay. Recently some neighbor kids asked me what I do for a living. “I read and write emails,” I told them.

Linus Torvalds, the software engineer and outspoken Linux kernel creator, has returned to oversee the open source project following a self-imposed break last month designed to help him adjust his ...

Unlike Windows or macOS, Linux isn’t a single operating system. It’s a family of distributions, or distros, each designed for ...

Linus Torvalds, the leader behind Linux, git, and much of open source culture, reflects on how he’s been hostile to community members. I hope he follows through — that would be his biggest ...

For Torvalds, Valve’s Steam efforts could be a big opportunity to drive desktop Linux because it could force the various desktop Linux distributions to standardize their technology.

Linus Torvalds. Greg Kroah-Hartman, a leading kernel developer, will take over Torvalds' responsibilities temporarily, and Torvalds leaves Linux in good health.

Linux’s founder Linus Torvalds has apologized for years of verbally abusive emails, and Linux has instituted a new code of conduct. But will it actually work?

Linus Torvalds, speaking at a conference in San Jose in 1999, originally considered Linux to be a hobby. He moved to the United States from Finland in 1997 after the operating system took off.

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. TORONTO—On Aug. 25, 1991, Linus Torvalds sent a ...