After Zorin OS 18.1 took my breath away, I wondered how well the latest Solus Linux would fare against it. My comparison ...

A new vulnerability dubbed Pack2TheRoot could be exploited in the PackageKit daemon to allow local Linux users to install or ...

This $3 USB stick can turn your old laptop into a fast, capable machine with no technical experience required. Here's what it ...

Tutorials are a fundamentally broken approach. There's a much better way, and it applies to everything you learn, not just ...

A few months ago, I did something radical. For radical, picture me skateboarding ungainly while installing Linux - or, to be more precise CachyOS - on my PC. Windows 11 had just been bugging me too ...

One point in favor of the sprawling Linux ecosystem is its broad hardware support—the kernel officially supports everything from ’90s-era PC hardware to Arm-based Apple Silicon chips, thanks to ...

Void Linux won’t be the right distro for everyone, but on old hardware, its lean design can feel like a second life.

Despite putting some blame on user error, Microsoft is aware that Windows 11 has issues which is why it promised some big improvements soon. If you have no more patience, 'switching to Linux' is an ...

TL;DR: Linux has surpassed 5% market share among Steam PC gamers, driven by SteamOS and other gaming-focused distros, while Windows holds over 90%. Windows 11 leads but some gamers are shifting away ...

Lightweight Linux distributions offer an effective way to rejuvenate older computers, allowing them to perform everyday tasks efficiently despite hardware limitations. As highlighted by ...

Fedora Pocketblue Remix is a mobile Linux distribution designed to let you run Fedora on a smartphone or tablet. But unlike most mobile Linux distros, Pocketblue is an atomic distro. In a nutshell, ...

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