In the vast and versatile world of Linux, the concept of a live environment allows users to run an entire operating system directly from a USB stick or CD without installing it on a computer's hard ...

Raspberry Pi has introduced and released the new Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5. I happen to have four Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 devices on my bench along with a couple of Raspberry Pi Compute ...

In a world teeming with Linux distributions — from Ubuntu to Arch, Debian to Fedora — the idea of building your own may seem daunting, if not redundant. Yet, for many technologists, enthusiasts, and ...

The endless customizability is one of my favorite features of the Linux ecosystem, as there are tons of ways to fine-tune most distros to my liking. And I don’t just mean the UI either – practically ...

The Mecha Comet is a phone-sized computer small enough to slide into a pocket. But it has a smaller screen than most modern smartphones, runs a custom Linux-based operating system instead of Android ...

Something to look forward to: Steam users have long wondered about when Valve might make the Steam Deck's custom Linux distro available for other devices. While the company hasn't disclosed its ...

Let's pretend we have a time machine and set the 5th-dimensional time coordinates back ten years. Once we arrived in that simpler period, ask me my top five Linux distributions for new users and you ...

Creating GUI (Graphical User Interfaces) with any operating system boils down to Ncurses / Whiptail type GUIs for the terminal, or full blown GUIs on the desktop. We will be building the latter, but ...

I remember back in the day when Linux was a challenge, even for computer scientists. It was all text-based; you had to manually format the hard drive, understand how networking functioned, and use the ...