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 ...

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 ...

I couldn't find the documentation on this, but it did "make sense" that this worked. Anyway, I thought that was neat =) Is it this trivial on the other Linux distros (OpenSUSE/Fedora/Ubuntu?) I assume ...

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 ...