Windows has overcome Unix to claim the server sales crown for the first time, according to IDC’s latest Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. The Windows server market continued to show solid growth, ...

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.

Unix is one of the IT world’s few living legends. It has been in continuous use since its birth in 1969, and its storied past is like that of a nation: Inept rulers brought it to the brink of ruin, a ...

Maybe there is such a thing as a free lunch – when it comes to computer programs, at least. Linux, a clone of commercial UNIX operating systems, allows users to run off any number of software programs ...

Mac OS X Server is Apple’s Unix server operating system. At its core, OS X Server shares a number of components with FreeBSD, and most Linux or xBSD apps can be recompiled fairly easily to run on OS X ...

Novell Inc. will begin shipping the server version of its SUSE Linux operating system with the option to install virtualization technology from Virtual Iron Software Inc., the two companies announced ...

COMMENTARY--As we all know, Unix is a great server operating system. It's been around for a long time, so all its newness has worn off (this is good, since many IT managers seem to be easily alarmed ...

Linux vendors SUSE Linux AG and Red Hat Inc. have unveiled new versions of two of their key operating system products, offering customers a host of new features and capabilities. In an announcement ...

Wayland is no longer experimental. These five Linux distros already ship with Wayland as the default instead of X11.

Which server OS is the most appropriate must be argued in the context of the job that needs to be done, based on factors such as cost, performance, security and application usage. Which is better?