Linux Mint was first released in ͏2006 as an Ubuntu-based distri͏bution. It was designed to provide a user-friendly and ͏elegant desktop environment for users tran͏sitioning from Windows. The project ...

[Update, 2:00 pm ET, May 31: Ubuntu published a blog post about its Ubuntu Core desktop work after this Ars Technica post was published. Noting that Snaps “are a little famous for having some rough ...

I like Ubuntu Linux 24.04 Long Term Support (LTS), aka Noble Numbat. It's running well on my 2020-era Dell Precision 3451, which is powered by an Intel 8-core 3GHz i7-9700 CPU, 16GB of RAM, and a ...

Considering the large number of Linux distros available nowadays, finding the one you need has become quite challenging. Linux distributions, often called “distros,” are operating systems based on the ...

Ah, 2024. You were a year, that's for certain. You had 365 days, each a slat on the roller coaster rails that moved us forward while also taking us to higher highs and lower lows. One thing is for ...

If you're shopping for a desktop Linux PC, you've probably noticed that your options are much more limited than if you were shopping for a Windows 11 desktop. Linux PCs aren't nearly as common as the ...

The best Linux PC come with the operating system pre-installed, so they're ready to go. We checked out the best computers the Linux OS has to offer. While popular among programmers, PC enthusiasts, ...

Stability, performance and adaptability are key attributes of Linux, which dominates cloud computing and supercomputing and is fundamental to IoT and containers. Now that 2024 has gotten off the ...

A common theme at Ubuntu is "Not Invented Here" in that they spent many years reinventing the wheel at various core Linux subsystems when the LSB is happy to promote things like systemd (a contentious ...