Open-source or commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) operating systems? In an era of safety-critical embedded systems, the debate among developers is shifting. Embedded systems are the invisible backbone of ...

California lawmakers introduced a new amendment that could exempt most Linux distributions from the state’s upcoming Digital ...

Carmakers and suppliers continue to deal with challenges involving the time, resources, and costs required to build complex, next-generation software-defined vehicles (SDVs). One major obstacle to ...

Remember all the ruckus with various US states introducing operating-system level age verification laws? Colorado and California thankfully exempt open source.

Ubuntu Edge smartphone misses crowdfunding goal by $19 million Canonical raised only $12.8 million of the $32 million it wanted, but still intends to ship an Ubuntu-based smartphones next year By ...

The use of open-source operating systems in enterprise servers is growing in Japan, with companies citing low introduction costs as the main factor for adoption, according to a recent report by the ...

A Chinese nonprofit group with ties to the nation's government is coordinating efforts among China's biggest technology firms to develop open-source software with military applications, a U.S.-based ...