I found Ubuntu very exciting in the early days, but I quickly grew disillusioned with the distro's design choices.

For school, my son just needs a PC capable of loading a web browser; a Chromebook is the traditional choice. Instead, I ...

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The first new kernel release of the year has arrived — yes, Linux 6.13 has gone stable. Linux kernel 6.13 adds, as ever, a vast array of improvements, from an updated Raspberry Pi graphics driver ...

What do you do? You can turn to a lightweight Linux distribution. This type of operating system typically has very low system requirements and can make older machines feel as if they're brand new.

We list the best USB bootable distros, to make it simple and easy to run Linux using nothing more than a USB drive. There are several uses for shoving Linux distros inside a USB flash drive.

I've been around Linux long enough that the second I see an app or a desktop that looks even remotely like what I used in the early days, I get a warm, fuzzy sensation in my chest. OK, maybe that ...

One such solution is LXC (Linux Containers), which offers a more full-fledged approach to containerization, akin to lightweight virtual machines.