Debian, Arch, Slackware? Ubuntu, Open Suse, Mint? Knoppix, Tails, Parted Magic? KDE, Gnome, Cinnamon)? Anyone who deals with Linux has to process and categorize dozens of names. A few safe claims can ...

Linux offers an amazing range of desktop distributions that will meet the computing needs of just about any user. But the sheer number of distributions can often be confusing to newbies, who sometimes ...

Linux and open source are also on track to become more secure in 2026, as the ecosystem simultaneously hardens the kernel, ...

Sometimes, a somewhat obscure Linux distribution might be just what you're looking for. Is either CachyOS or Nobara the one?

Privacy has become an important issue for many users as corporations and governments stop at nothing to gather personal information. But Linux users do have some ...

News briefs for May 31, 2019. Debian announces it has chosen seven interns—two people for Outreachy and five people for the Summer of Code. See the post for the list of interns and the projects ...

Facebook has lifted a temporary ban preventing users from posting links to popular OS comparison site Distrowatch – after ...

Linux Mint, along with every other distro based on Linux 2.8.38+, suffers from a bug that prevents CPUs and peripherals from going to power-saving sleep in certain popular chipset families. Linux Mint ...

Linux Mint, an Ubuntu and Debian-based Linux distribution, has seen tremendous growth in community support and installed base in recent years. Since arriving on the scene in 2006 with its first ...

It’s no secret that the new Unity interface in Ubuntu 11.04 “Natty Narwhal” has been less than entirely successful at pleasing some fans of Canonical’s free and open source operating system. That, ...