Then you have lightweight operating systems that, despite not bearing the most gorgeous UIs, are perfect for resource-starved virtual machines. Alpine Linux is one such distribution, and while it’s ...

Fact of life: Nothing does everything for everyone, even Linux. That's why, as Linux's list of native applications continues to ramp up to more sizable proportions, Windows is still a nice thing to ...

Underneath ChromeOS, many older Chromebooks are still perfectly functional, low-power computers with solid CPUs, built-in ...

Ever since the announcement of the Raspberry Pi, sites all across the Internet have offered lots of interesting and challenging uses for this exciting device. Although all of those ideas are great, ...

Although differentiation is tough in Linux distributions today, CentOS 7 has carved out a niche as the free and open alter ego to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). We found that CentOS, which is ...

Recently I've been experimenting with a Raspberry Pi (revision B) running different GNU/Linux distributions. Since the Pi is a basically a mini-computer, I decided to take it for a spin and see what I ...

Ask any Linux enthusiast, and they’ll tell you how awesome an operating system Linux can be. (Well, except Bryan Lunduke, who will say it sucks before he says it’s awesome.) For the desktop user, the ...

As I review one Linux distribution or another, I find myself uttering phrases like “This is pretty good! Almost makes me want to switch my system to this,” over and over again. So many distributions ...

Microsoft's slimmer and stronger server OS, bolstered by virtualization, networking, and security advances, is an upgrade that IT can't refuse, a 200-pound gorilla that eats commercial Linux A ...