ZDNET's key takeaways Running Linux from a USB drive is possible.You can boot just about any distribution you want from ...

The MX Linux default desktop is about as clean as you'll find. MX Linux is the most downloaded Linux desktop distribution, and now I know why Your email has been sent Jack Wallen examines MX Linux to ...

This is a bit of a departure for me in the Linux distribution review area because Redox OS isn't exactly a new Linux distribution. It's an experimental, UNIX-like, general-purpose, microkernel-based ...

ZDNET's key takeaways MX Moksha is a new take on MX Linux.Moksha is a fork of the old-school Enlightenment desktop.MX Moksha ...

By my count, Linux has over 11% of the desktop market. Here's how I got that number - and why people are making the leap.

Microsoft Linux is not what you thought (or hoped) it would be Your email has been sent Microsoft Linux has arrived, but it's not what you imagined. Jack Wallen shares his take on this new arrival ...

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 ...

Spend enough time around Android, or even PCs, and eventually, you will come across the term, “the Linux kernel.” Android uses the Linux kernel too. In fact, it’s an integral part of the way your ...

Microsoft isn’t only a Windows company. It now shepherds several Linux distributions alongside its own operating systems. It’s important to remember that these aren’t general-purpose Linuxes like ...

Today, SUSE announced that it is creating a hard fork of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and that it will develop and maintain an RHEL-compatible distribution. SUSE says that it will invest $10 ...

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has some company at his new job. On Wednesday, Open Source Development Labs Inc. (OSDL), the industry consortium that hired Torvalds two weeks ago, announced that it has ...