As much as I extol the variety that Linux offers, I’ve done a bad job of enjoying it. Sadly, playing with new distributions usually gets bested by competing priorities. Not today. A browse through ...

While it sounds simple, it was generally time-consuming, tracking down Linux drivers for all the hardware, downloading hacks and patches to fix BIOS issues, and testing the system to make sure it was ...

But You're A Noob! As someone relatively new to Linux land, I may not seem like the ideal candidate to critically evaluate a Linux desktop OS installer. Then again ...

After years of reviewing Linux distributions, eventually, so much of it just blends together. And the truth of the matter, sometimes it just boils down to what a particular distribution does with the ...

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Hectic Geek’s review is quite thorough and includes some interesting performance comparisons between Ubuntu 16.04 and Linux Mint 18. The site was impressed with Linux Mint 18’s performance. Gayan ...

Apple’s OS X operating system has been emulated by a number of Linux distros over the years. But does it really make sense for distro developers to take their cues from Apple? Apple is pretty much the ...

Fans of Linux flocked to the LinuxWorld Conference to promote their products and deliver the message that the open-source operating system has finally earned its wings. Steven Musil is the night news ...

A lot of that stuff will probably be worked out in the next year or so. At one time, daily use of any Linux distro looked like that. Getting anything going, ever, was a constant struggle. Once you had ...