There’s a large selection of free and open source (FOSS) operating systems available these days, and choosing the right one for any given circumstance can be quite a challenge. This article is ...

Network-attached storage (NAS) devices can do almost anything a home server can, just on smaller, more power-efficient hardware. Generally, they come with pre-built operating systems, but some models ...

Open-source routers come with many benefits. These are the ones I find the most compelling.

The Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) project, an open source network operating system (NOS) under the Linux Foundation, is accelerating its growth today with new members and ...

ReactOS is a free and open source operating system designed to be compatible with Windows software and drivers. While it’s been under active development since 1999, the operating system is still ...

AsteroidOS 2.0 Linux-based, open-source smartwatch operating system has just been released with features such as always-on display support, Tilt-to-Wake, ...

It’s a topic of fierce debate among high-tech cognoscenti: What’s more secure – “open source” code such as Linux and Apache, or proprietary “closed source” operating systems and applications, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A former tech executive covering AI, XR and The Metaverse for Forbes. San Francisco-based startup Mentra has raised $8 million to ...

As the Japanese government prepares to introduce more electronic government projects next year, it has begun studying open-source operating systems in a move that could lead to the replacement of some ...