Linux, a clone of UNIX operating systems, is free to download, but users still pay for service and support. Maybe there is such a thing as a free lunch — when it comes to computer programs, at least.

As we all know, Linux, BSD, and a host of other operating systems have been “free” for years, if not for their entire existence. Sure, there are for-cost distributions backed with support, but the ...

SALT LAKE CITY - When Utah technology executive Darl McBride sniffs Linux, the free computer operating system, he picks up a scent of Unix, a long-established business system he maintains made Linux ...