First, Ubuntu 20.10 is built on top of the Linux 5.8 kernel. For the desktop, it now uses the GNOME 3.38 release. It also comes with the latest and greatest open-source desktop programs such as the ...

With the release of the Raspberry Pi 2 came the announcement the board would run Ubuntu for the first time. The promised version was Snappy Ubuntu Core, a lightweight, command-line version of the ...

The Raspberry Pi has been with us for over eight years now, and during that time it has seen a myriad operating system ports. It seems that almost anything can be run on the little computer, but ...

The Raspberry Pi is best characterised by the funky and useful Raspbian operating system. As the name suggests, Raspbian is designed specifically for the Raspberry Pi and is suitable for most ...

Although it isn’t official, Ubuntu Core–the tiny Internet of Things version of Ubuntu–now runs on the Raspberry Pi 2. There are prebuilt binaries as well as instructions for how to roll your own, if ...

When the original Raspberry Pi came out, some people had high hopes for it as a low-cost general-purpose desktop computer. Especially because it was running Raspbian (a derivative of Debian GNU/Linux) ...

The new $35 Raspberry Pi 2 mini-computer isn’t just faster than the original model that launched 3 years ago. It’s also more versatile: in addition to supporting Raspbian and other Linux-based ...

Ubuntu Linux follows a six-month release cycle—there's a new version every April and October. Interim releases like Groovy Gorilla are supported for "at least 9 months"—meaning if you're on the ...

Downstream Linux projects line up behind the latest release A month after Debian 13.1's release, some of the more visible ...

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