I've been using System76's Pop!_OS Linux for about five years now. Prior to that, my distribution of choice was elementary OS. Why the change? Mostly because I purchased System76 desktop machines ...

I've been using Linux for a very long time, and from day 1, the terminal window and command-line interface (CLI) have been an integral part of my work. At the same time, I've learned that it's OK to ...

Last November, I wrote about running Ubuntu on a Chromebook using ChrUbuntu. In that post, I noted some of the advantages of running ChrUbuntu: I really liked having a full-blown desktop environment ...

The new pearOS distro is a Romanian project that picks up the concepts behind the original Pear Linux from 2011 and updates ...

When Wim Coekaerts is solving problems and building things, he’s happy. When he’s not, he’s not. In his long career, he’s found joy working on early database appliances, and later guiding Oracle’s ...

If you’ve got some non-geek friends and relatives that need to be convinced to give Linux a try, here’s a how-to video to help. It will walk them through how to install Ubuntu to any Windows machine, ...

When Ubuntu decided last year to abruptly replace the familiar Gnome UI with its own Unity interface, many users were upset. And according to the latest numbers from DistroWatch, Linux Mint has been ...

There's a new release of Asmi Linux. You can download a version based on Ubuntu or Debian. With a little bit of work, Asmi Linux can be a wonderful desktop OS. There ...

Very little in the Linux universe interacts directly with the physical world. Although you may have peripherals that allow you to work with the computer, the computer has no way to interact with you.

Linux is hot again. In fact, there's never been a better time for Microsoft Windows users to give Linux a whirl. The OS is more usable than ever, easier to install, and more compatible with PC ...

I'm excited by E-paper and the promise it holds. You've probably already heard about E-Ink's E-Paper Display (EPD) and seen it in recent E-book reader products. The E-Ink display media needs no power ...