Which Linux distributions will rise above the competition in 2026 to dethrone the old guard? These are my picks.

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You hear declarations every year about the long-told "year of the Linux desktop" arriving this year, having arrived years ago ...

A look at some of the many interesting Raspberry Pi competitors. The phenomenon behind the Raspberry Pi computer series has been pretty amazing. It's obvious why it has become so popular for Linux ...

All the computing world hype this week has been about Windows 7: Cheap Windows 7; Microsoft’s future rides on Windows 7; etc., etc. What what if you’re not that excited about Windows 7? After all, ...

Linux is a free and open-source desktop operating system, and is recognized as the third most popular desktop operating system in the world. Unlike OS X or Windows, there are many different versions - ...

For instance, we use Jeena's TextEd instead of Apple's text editor. For browsers, email, chat, productivity, writing, and so on, we use FOSS and freeware apps, and wherever possible, ones that also ...

Among GNOME 3, Ubuntu Linux’s Unity, and Windows 8’s Metro, there’s no denying that desktop environments have become a hot topic in 2011. More specifically, mobile-inspired interfaces are becoming ...