Looking for an operating system to power the servers on your LAN? From hundreds of Linux distributions, I've hand-picked five that will more than meet your needs. You’ve got a home network, right? The ...

More and more networking pros need to familiarize themselves with Linux because the operating system underpins so many enterprise tools and platforms including software-defined networking and SD-WANs, ...

Ubuntu Server is very popular, thanks to containers and the cloud. This resource guide about Ubuntu Server covers why the platform matters, how to use it, and more. Ubuntu Server is a free, ...

When my friend and Directions on Microsoft‘s editor-in-chief Mary Jo Foley wrote in late May that Azure Linux 4.0 would be available for bare-metal servers and virtual machines (VMs), I thought, “I’m ...

You’ve got a home network, right? The vast majority of US homes have internet, which means they have a local area network (LAN). Also: How to fix Wi-Fi dead zones ...