When Steve Jobs made his return to Apple, the company was facing some stiff competition by way of the NeXTStep platform, which was created at Jobs' other company, NeXT. But instead of competing, Apple ...

How many times have you been asked what operating system version you use, and you haven’t got a clue? The question is often asked when you’re seeking technical support for software or hardware issues, ...

When we talk about computers -- PCs, smartphones, cars -- we generally assume that there's just one operating system: A single, monolithic piece of software that manages each individual piece of ...

Linux is a tried-and-true, open-source operating system released in 1991 for computers, but its use has expanded to underpin systems for cars, phones, web servers and, more recently, networking gear.