Would you believe that almost all of the technology you use today is here because of a misbehaving printer? Believe it. In the early 1980s, an MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory programmer named ...

Unix, one of the earliest computer-operating systems, was developed between the late nineteen-sixties and the early nineteen-eighties, by A.T. & T. Bell Laboratories and various universities around ...

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the GNU operating system, and a number of its users are coming together around the world to celebrate the milestone. GNU is maintained and supported by the FSF, ...

The Free Software Foundation has released Happy Birthday to GNU to celebrate the silver anniversary of the operating system. The film, presented by actor/comedian Stephen Fry, offers a basic history ...

Interviewing Richard Stallman is a challenge. The terms sheet for the interview carries a half dozen caveats and requests, most relating to Stallman’s desire to not be identified as an advocate for ...

When someone buys a new smartphone, often they're preoccupied with the camera specs or the size of the screen or its storage capabilities. It's easy to overlook one of the most foundational aspects of ...

Most consumers can, with a little effort, name two desktop and laptop operating systems: Microsoft's Windows and Apple's macOS. Few have ever considered any of the open-source alternatives found under ...

At the international GNU Health Conference (GHCon) in Hanover, participants of the GNU Health Community and the OrthancCon discussed areas of application for free software in health care as well as ...