Gaming on Linux has come a long way; PikaOS is one such distro that offers a user-friendly, out-of-the-box experience.

Pear OS has had a bit of history. It started out as a Debian-based Linux distribution called Pear OS. Then, out of nowhere, it was renamed Comice OS. The rename gremlins struck again, and it was back ...

ZDNET's key takeaways FreeBSD is one of the most stable OSes on the planet.FreeBSD is also more challenging than Linux.You ...

There’s no shortage of Linux operating systems available. However, many Linux distributions (distros) are niche OSes. For instance, Kali Linux is an ethical hacking and penetration testing Linux ...

Elementary OS 8.1 is out with Wayland enabled by default, new apps, animations and eye candy. Based on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS ...

Free operating systems based on the Linux operating system kernel invented and published by Linus Torvalds are now a serious alternative to Windows, not least due to the wide range of open source ...

Chrome OS is about to become even more powerful, with Google’s “Bruschetta” project adding support for using the Linux distro of your choice. One of the biggest shifts for Chrome OS in recent years ...

Apple’s move to offer its latest desktop operating system, OS X Mavericks, for free isn’t going to affect the Linux operating system at all, its creator Linus Torvalds said. Linux has been giving its ...

CORNELIUS, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kali Linux™, an open source project maintained and funded by Offensive Security®, the industry leader in information security training and penetration testing, ...

The developers of Free Download Manager (FDM) have published a script to check if a Linux device was infected through a recently reported supply chain attack. Free Download Manager is a popular ...

Millions of people use Linux every day, but we rarely stop to think about how the operating system feels about it. Wouldn’t it be nice to know what Linux really thinks about open source, Windows, Macs ...

Why it matters: Debian is not the oldest Linux operating system out there, being just a month "younger" than Slackware. But the project started by Ian Murdock certainly is the most successful, as it ...