I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...
XDA Developers on MSN
Linux's 'everything is a file' idea is 50 years old, and it still explains why the OS feels so different
Unix has its fingerprints all over Linux, and it's why it feels so different compared to Windows ...
In the 1980s, there was a microcomputer boy who longed for an operating system called UNIX.More than 40 years have passed ...
Last time, we looked at the beginnings of UNIX. This time, we're talking about Linux, which started its development on PCs.In ...
Once upon a time, there was a “Unix” philosophy. Unfortunately, it was cast adrift from its initial foundations in openness, and got buried in a mudslide of tussling proprietary companies (not to ...
Work on the KDE desktop environment began 30 years ago. The team is celebrating the anniversary with parties, a major ...
How-To Geek on MSN
Why Linux power users love the features that hold it back
A mosaic of desktops, toolkits, and command line rituals reveal a culture that prizes control, polish, and tinkering.
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