Success for Microsoft in a network-enabled operating system would ... the first version of the newest Linux kernel, 3.11: Linux for Workgroups. Now, with a new logo sporting Tux, the Linux penguin ...

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.

A computer science student by the name of Linus Torvalds wrote the first signs of Linux specifically for his Intel 386-based machine running MINIX. He didn’t create a complete operating system ...