These beginner-friendly Linux distros offer different looks, features, and workflows.

Microsoft, for all its faults, has significantly lowered the bar to IT development, offering tools like Visual Studio that help make average developers more productive. Linux, on the contrary, has ...

You like the idea of a free, lightweight OS. But isn’t installing and using Linux on a desktop painful? Not if you use this guide Though it first earned a ...

Linux makes administration easy Centralized management is one of the great joys of Linux, according to Jay Abel, vice president of Viata, a Honolulu-based ASP that's invested heavily in the open ...

Linux Mint isn’t chasing touch interfaces, rethinking the way we use the desktop, or enacting any other grand experiment. It’s just a polished, modern Linux desktop system—and that’s why people love ...

Ubuntu Linux 8.10, aka Intrepid Ibex, is the most popular Linux distribution available for installing on your PC, thanks to its steadily improving hardware compatibility and installation software, ...

Hopefully the final push that makes you go open source.

While Linux is definitely not the most well-known operating system for a computer, it’s one worth considering. Linux uses open source programming, meaning dedicated user groups write and edit the code ...

It used to be that building the Linux kernel was not easy. Testing and debugging were even worse. Nowadays, it is reasonably easy to build a custom kernel and test or debug it using virtualization.

Jack Wallen shows you how simple it is to get a powerful, reliable backup solution installed on your Linux servers. Image: ribkhan/Adobe Stock Do you have a reliable backup solution running on your ...