I'm all-in, baby. I'm committed. If upgrading any distinct component of my PC didn't require me taking out a loan right now, ...

Unix died because of endless incompatibilities between versions. Linux succeeded on servers and everywhere else because it ...

Every so often I ask myself, "What is the thing that keeps people from using Linux?" Typically speaking, the answer is that they don't know much about the open-source operating system. Second, comes ...

There are lots of laptops—maybe all of them—on which you can run a Linux desktop. There are a few vendors that offer laptops with extensive Linux compatibility. And then there are a select few that ...

While seasoned veterans of Windows and the Internet at large will have a reverence of sorts for installing things manually ...

There are gentle migration strategies that can delay the move away from Windows 10, which Microsoft will stop supporting in October 2025. Technically (and maybe even psychologically), the easiest step ...

For decades, Linux distributions have relied on native packaging formats like DEB and RPM to distribute software. These formats are deeply integrated into the Linux ecosystem, tied closely to the ...

I've been covering Linux and open-source since 1999 (the year of Prince). During that long stretch, a year hasn't gone by that I haven't experienced someone (or a group of someones) still believing ...