Your favorite Linux distro probably descends from one of these three operating systems
Trace the ancestry of many Linux distributions still in widespread use, and the same family lines keep resurfacing. Ubuntu inherited…
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The only 5 Linux distros I recommend for laptops—after 10 years of using Linux
There are hundreds of Linux distros out there, and most of them are genuinely good—as long as they’re used by…
3 reasons I’m quitting Arch Linux—after using it for 5 years
I’ve been using Linux for a decade now, and around the five-year mark, I went all-in on Arch. I daily…
Linux makes old computers feel faster, not actually faster
Linux is often hailed as a magic fix for performance issues, especially on older hardware. Dust off a decade-old laptop,…
3 Linux distros that run on 2.8GB of RAM when even the ‘lightweight’ ones choke
I’ve usually trusted the word “lightweight” on a Linux distro’s homepage. Pick anything with that label, drop it on old…
I finally tried an Atomic Linux desktop—and I’m no longer afraid to break my system
I have broken Linux desktops in all the usual ways. I have installed a random PPA because some forum comments…