Operating Systems News and Articles

In 2014, the Debian project decided to replace the old init system with systemd, but a small group of developers resisted, forking Debian to start the systemd-free Devuan. We decided to take a look at Devuan 1.0.0, the first stable release.

Calamares helps you create simplified routines for installing a distribution, but there are some pitfalls, as we explain.

When human error stumps the Debian package manager, familiar tools like apt-get, aptitude, and dpkg can help restore functionality.

Apache incubates hundreds of major software projects and brings together thousands of developers – all without ensuing chaos. How do they manage it?

Answers to your Linux questions.

"maddog" looks at some of Linaro's efforts to improve GNU/Linux performance on ARM architectures.