Also, the i486's time is nigh.

The Linux project leader says the next version of the heart of the open-source OS is expected by June. He also says he never much liked Macs and hopes Intel's IA-64 chip "withers and dies." Stephen ...

VANCOUVER, BC—Linus Torvalds is no longer worried about what happens to Linux if he gets hit by a bus, as he’s confident there is a work flow process in place that guarantees the success of Linux.

, the creator of the Linux computer operating system, was named today the co-winner of the 2012 , the world's largest tech prize. Torvalds, 42, shares the award with renown stem cell researcher of ...

Ts'o, Hohndel and the man himself spill beans on how checks in the mail and GPL made it all possible If you know anything about Linux's history, you'll remember it all started with Linus Torvalds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Linux's luminary linchpin, Linus Torvalds, says that despite long-standing reports of burnout in the open source software ...

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 mailing ...

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has labelled makers of the OpenBSD operating system a "bunch of masturbating monkeys", as part of a wider critique of what he said was self-centred behaviour in the IT ...

Torvalds has had a contentious relationship with those in the Linux community for years. He’s been known to be short-tempered and arrogant in his dealings with those very members. This all came to a ...

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Is meanness the secret sauce of a winning open source project? It might be, according to Linus Torvalds, the guy who's been running the Linux kernel project for the past 22 years. This week, Torvalds ...