Dates and times stored in 32 bits on Unix-like systems will “overflow” in early 2038 — but the problems, and the patches, start now. Patch early, patch often, they say — almost 13 years early in the ...

The big picture: On January 19, 2038, at 03:14:07 UTC, certain Unix-based computer systems will encounter a critical timekeeping failure. Due to a software flaw known as the "Y2K38 bug," 32-bit ...

Google announced that it will drop support for 32-bit version of Linux, Debian 7 (Wheezy) and Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise). In a Chromium-dev group post on Tuesday, Dec. 1, Google software engineer Dirk ...

Stable version of Debian 8 open-source operating system is now official and will continue to get official support for the next five years. Debian 8 is codenamed "Jessie" and the latest Debian version ...

Open source software doesn’t just happen, of course, but is the result of a lot of unheralded work by a vast range of people. In that context I was interested to see this one pop into my inbox, and it ...

On Saturday, the Debian developers plan to publish the next release of the Linux distribution. As usual, Debian is catching up with the update to version 13 "Trixie" in terms of the software versions ...

If you purchased your computer in the last decade, it probably has a 64-bit-capable processor. The transition to 64-bit operating systems has been a long one, but Google is about to give Linux users ...

London, UK – May 19, 2016 – Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) announces it is working with the Debian Project to accelerate development of the popular, open source Debian operating system (OS) for the ...