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

The Radxa Dragon Q6A is a credit card-sized computer that looks a lot like a Raspberry Pi. But it’s an interesting little device for a few reasons. One is that it has an m.2 slot with support for PCIe ...

What is a Linux distro? A desktop operating system comprises different parts, be it Windows, Linux, or macOS. You need the core of the OS, known as a kernel (in this case, the Linux kernel), and the ...

Parallels Desktop, a popular application for running Windows and Linux virtual machines on Mac, can now run 64-bit x86 operating systems on Apple Silicon Macs. That means more versions of Windows and ...

VMware Fusion 13 is now officially out and it runs on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs. The VMware Fusion web page says that there is support for Windows 11 on Apple Silicon too. However, I could not ...

If things had gone as planned, Apple Mac Linux fans would have been running Fedora Linux on their M-chip-powered Macs this summer. Oh well, better late than never! As of December 19, Fedora Asahi ...

During my two dozen years of writing about open source and reviewing hundreds of Linux distributions, I have developed a keen interest in Linux offerings that break out of the traditional Linux ...

Linux has long been known as the operating system of developers and power users, but today it’s far more accessible than ever before. Thanks to user-friendly distributions that prioritize simplicity, ...

PCWorld’s guide helps users navigate the overwhelming choice of approximately 250 Linux distributions by focusing on five main strains: Debian, Red Hat/Fedora, Arch, Slackware, and Gentoo.