For years, the Linux app gap was the primary dealbreaker that kept people away from the OS. If you needed professional ...

I want to make a rather bold statement here (though that isn't unusual). This morning, I was reading some of my usual tech news sites, which included reports of malware, Windows woes, and the usual ...

eWeek content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More My colleague Larry Seltzer thinks that we may be on the ...

The thing is, the more I think about it, the less sense the whole idea of a "beginner" Linux distro makes, and maybe it's a misguided way to get people onboard the Linux train. Th ...

The Linux operating system is a powerful, flexible, secure, and reliable platform that can serve just about any purpose you need. From server to desktop, IoT to containers, embedded systems, and much ...

Linux has been around since 1996 and has, over the years, been maligned as being too difficult for average users. In some cases, there were claims that Linux was simply too challenging for anyone who ...

It kills me to say this: The dream of Linux as a major desktop OS is now pretty much dead. Despite phenomenal security and stability–and amazing strides in usability, performance, and ...

That’s right. The people known throughout the Open Source world as the creators of the KDE Plasma desktop environment – used on numerous Linux distros – have decided to build and promote their own ...

Also in today’s open source roundup: An introduction to Linux filesystems, and a Mac user considers switching to elementary OS Linux has been around for a long time now, and many of us take it for ...