Booting into Kolibri OS . Kolibri OS comes in multiple versions and the smallest of those is a floppy disk image that only weighs 1.4MB. I downloaded the floppy disk image off the ...

Pear OS has had a bit of history. It started out as a Debian-based Linux distribution called Pear OS. Then, out of nowhere, it was renamed Comice OS. The rename gremlins struck again, and it was back ...

Do you like the freedom Linux offers but hate how it looks by default? Or do you love macOS’s polished, modern design but ...

Zorin OS 16 Lite is an ideal desktop OS for lesser-powered systems Your email has been sent Zorin OS 16 Lite might the best operating system for older hardware. Find out what it's all about so you can ...

Zorin OS 16 is exactly what a Linux desktop distribution should be Your email has been sent Jack Wallen gives the latest version of Zorin OS a go and comes away with ...

This week I’m speaking at the Desktop Linux Summit in San Diego on why the PC OEMs don’t, and probably never will, fully support Linux on the desktop. This is somewhat of a deja vu for me since a ...

Over the weekend I wrote a post called “Why Linux on the Desktop Is Dead,” which seems to have sparked some controversy among the Linux crowd. One of my PCWorld peers felt compelled to put together a ...

It's hard to imagine, but only 10 years has passed since Google launched the Chrome browser in September 2008. A world without Chrome feels like a distant past -- it's now the most popular browser by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. This article is more than 6 years old. One of the things I love ...

I cannot understand this trend. Some applications (and some complete desktop environments in Linux) seem to be wanting to move functionality out of the menu bar and into a hidden hamburger menu. Note ...

You’ve probably heard of Ubuntu, one of the most popular Linux distributions out there. Well, elementary OS is based on the stable version of Ubuntu (meaning you ...

Dear me. Just because I recently talked about Windows XP SP3’s virtues and vices, some people seem to think I’ve turned away from my beloved Linux systems. Nope, I’m still a rock-solid Linux desktop ...