There are a few different reasons why the average person — as opposed to an enthusiast tinkerer — might want to try out one of the many available flavors of free Linux-based operating systems. If ...

Linux (come on, you knew it’d be Linux) takes a different approach: no locks, no guardrails, no limits. That’s what makes Linux a real operating system, something its competitors, dwarfing it in ...

Let me paint a picture for you. I was running a virtual instance of another Linux operating system this morning with VirtualBox. Everything was going fine (as it usually does) until it wasn't. The ...

Franklin has been covering tech and cybersecurity for over 5 years. His work has appeared on TechRepublic, The Register, TechInformed, Computing, ServerWatch, and Moonlock, among others. Linux is an ...

Choosing an operating system in 2026 requires more thought than ever. Windows, macOS, Linux, and ChromeOS each offer unique strengths in hardware compatibility, software support, and user experience.

Modern Linux distributions are powerful operating systems that can fully replace Windows or macOS for many users. But there are still some Windows-only applications that may not be available for Linux ...

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 ...