The next time you buy a computer, you'll likely get one tied to the ancient computing past --- Unix. Yes, you heard that right, Unix. Here's why.

How to Kill a Process on a Unix Computer. In the business world, Unix computers are typically used for server applications and high-end graphics workstations, such as those used in creating ...

Amanda Brown/For the Star-LedgerDennis Ritchie (left) is awarded the prestigious Japan Prize from Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, chairman of the Japan Prize Foundation, for his work on the UNIX computer ...

News about Linux, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

US computer scientist Dennis Ritchie - one of the co-inventors of the Unix operating system and the C programming language - has died at 70 after a long illness.

Linux is driven by users rather than vendors, and many users view software upgrades as a way to move technology forward, and not as an excuse to dump hardware, says columnist Evan Leibovitch.

Computer sleuths interested in running forensic PC operations on a Linux machines should take a look at an open source tool called Foremost.