The makers of systems programming language Rust are looking at how to adapt the language for use in the Linux kernel. Josh Triplett, a former Intel engineer and a lead of the Rust language team, says ...

The next version of the Linux kernel will include support for popular programming language Rust, it has been confirmed. As reported by The Register, Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, has now ...

Microsoft's recent move to open-source its once Windows-exclusive PowerShell appears to paying off, with the language now popping up in the top 50 of the Tiobe index of the world's most popular ...

The Unix underpinnings of Mac OS make it feel familiar and accessible to programmers used to working in Unix-like environments. Apple’s Xcode IDE and other development tools are thoughtfully crafted ...

This post first appeared on Business Insider. Hello everybody out there using minix - I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones… ...

In this article, I survey a clutch of popular programming languages and provide some personal opinions as to when it is appropriate to use each of them. I'll also talk about some of the development ...

If you don't think Linux skills are relevant, consider this: Linux system basics power Android devices, servicing half the world's smartphones and tablets. It's also the OS of choice for many of the ...

In the first article in this series focusing on the top 5 languages for systems admins, I wrote about not being too fond of programming. To recap, it’s not because I don’t see the value behind it, ...

Don’t expect Linux to easily run those fancy new Mac OS X, iPhone, or iPad applications written in Swift. Those depend on various user interface libraries that aren’t being open-sourced. Just as when ...