Whether you opt for bare metal servers or virtual machines, you'll need a rock-solid distro. These are my four go-to favorites.

From homelabbers to pro sysadmins, these are the distros for you.

With TurnKey Linux the only hardware you need is any device that can support a Web browser and a credit card. That’s because, while you can run TurnKey Linux on an ordinary server or on VMWare, ...

You can learn a lot about Linux by just trying different distros, but using Proxmox will force you to learn a lot of in-depth ...

With so many Linux distributions out there to choose from, there’s nothing like a good survey to offer fresh insight as to who’s using which ones. Focusing on the server realm, I already reported ...

Novell's NetWare-SuSE Linux combination is slated for completion next month. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is also due this winter. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge ...

Many small businesses think the servers they use all run Windows operating systems, but many file server appliances are Linux-based systems using Samba for interoperability with their Windows or Mac ...

I am starting to move my company to Linux as the server platform of choice. With the seemingly continual stream of alerts about the different hacks possible, I know that I should put some type of ...

Microsoft’s Windows Server strategy is about to change, with faster updates, a lot of Linux love, and a devops focus Microsoft’s new continuous-delivery model, with Windows releases every six months ...

IBM will complete the next step in its embrace of the Linux operating system by early 2003 as the company improves how Linux runs on its pSeries servers. Big Blue currently supports Linux, a clone of ...