A large and unfortunate mistake in the kernel development management process is underway comment The first release candidate ...

Each Linux command returns an exit code, with 0 indicating success and non-zero values indicating failure. You can use the $? variable to access the exit code and control program flow in scripts ...

The Linux kernel has turned 34 years old today. On this day in 1991, Linus Torvalds posted to a newsgroup on Usenet that he ...

Linux-savvy legal experts from the past and present weigh in on this knotty, open-source licensing matter.

In the aftermath of Linus Torvalds apologizing for how he's been running the Linux kernel community, Linux has adopted a new code of conduct. But some now claim this means Linux is being taken ...

Understanding Microsoft's Linux code shocker In a move even the software maker notes is unusual, the company is contributing code for three drivers for inclusion in the open-source operating system.

Knowing how to work with and display exit codes on the Linux command line or in scripts can help make errors more obvious.

SCO Group says copyrighted code has made its way into Linux, the popular open-source OS. If true, the open-source community could find its hard-won gains threatened.

An exit code other than 0 indicates that a script or a command has failed in some way. Learn more about exit codes and the types of errors they represent in this post.

Linux gets fix for code-execution flaw that was undetected since 2009 Vulnerability could be particularly serious for shared Web-hosting services.

Most recently, Coverity scanned 7.6 million lines of code in Linux 3.8 and found a defect density of just .59.