The only real downside to an immutable distro is a slightly more limited number of apps. You can't use the normal repos that ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Debian and Ubuntu are similar, but they're not the sameDebian is more stable, and Ubuntu is easier to ...

Canonical announce Ubuntu Pro for WSL, bringing extended security coverage to users running Linux on Windows. As on desktop, it's free for personal use.

In this article, I'll walk you through my experience installing and using Quick Create to install Ubuntu on my Windows 10 system. I've been using the Microsoft Window Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on my ...

It was October 2004, and I'd been using Red Hat Linux (way before it became Fedora) for years. I was fairly certain that would be my distribution until the world ended. I'd become comfortable with Red ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. After you've done this, check out my guide to updating your ...

With Windows 8 pushing a “touch-first” desktop interface—Microsoft’s words, not ours—and with Valve’s Steam on Linux beginning to bring much-needed games and popular attention to the oft-overlooked ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. Updates on both Windows and Ubuntu come in many forms. You have ...

Ubuntu Linux was a pleasant surprise. If I had to sum up my 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux in a sentence, it would be “Ubuntu Linux is more than capable of being the primary desktop OS for most users, but ...

I would advise against using an old version of Ubuntu -- the newer kernel versions alone are worth upgrading. If you're a dedicated newbie, unwilling to touch a shell command (nothing wrong with that) ...