Until recently, the view was that Linux was too difficult to install and use for the average computer user. I'd wanted to have a go at Linux for ages but even my most Linux-loving friends discouraged ...

You might be surprised to see Fedora Linux ranked so poorly on this list. Frankly, so am I. Fedora Linux is a ...

Linux Kernel 6.17 RC5 arrives with DLink driver's return and crucial fixes. Torvalds also shares his frustration over useless ...

Even though it's still a test kernel, calling it "2.6" is a signal for programmers to get down to work testing and stamping out bugs rather than experimenting with new ideas, Torvalds said in a ...

Linux founder Linus Torvalds on Tuesday called for more regular performance tests on the Linux kernel, so that any reduction in efficiency can be highlighted sooner. Currently, performance figures are ...

Linux Mint 22.2 refreshes the included software, removes the fingerprints of its users and gives Libadwaita programs its own ...

The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a consortium of technology companies and workplace of Linus Torvalds, has announced a major upgrade to its Scalable Test Plaform (STP) enterprise-grade testing ...

I've been doing some work lately evaluating various Linux desktop environments on low-end hardware. I've put a lot of time into this and I've gotten some interesting results, so I thought I'd share ...

ZFS seems to be a popular topic here and some of you are real experts, so I thought I would try this issue on you. One of my home servers was set up with SparkyLinux, a distribution which tracks Linux ...

CPU benchmarks are in for the latest release of Windows 11, version 25H2, and results stacked up against Ubuntu aren't ...