DistroWatch is the premiere desktop Linux distribution site. Over the weekend it mysteriously disappeared and is still unavailable at DistroWatch.com as I write this roundup. But you can reach it at ...

CachyOS is, at the time of writing, topping the charts on DistroWatch as the most popular Linux distro and for good reason!

Facebook is banning posts that mention various Linux-related topics, sites, or groups. Some users may also see their accounts ...

News briefs for May 31, 2019. Debian announces it has chosen seven interns—two people for Outreachy and five people for the Summer of Code. See the post for the list of interns and the projects ...

Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative online destinations. Our web guide is VOA's Art Chimes. This time, it's a guide to the wide range of software ...

These conclusions are not from a formal survey. Why? IDG and Gartner figures only look at pre-installed server operating systems, and Web browser surveys -- such as StatCounter and NetMarketShare -- ...

A weird little meme is squiggling through the Internet this week, one which I feel obligated to squash because it's just plain wrong. It's this notion that somehow Ubuntu is losing its popularity ...

Let's cut to the chase. Android is the most popular of all Linux distributions. Period. End of statement. But that's not the entire story. Still it must be said, according to StatCounter, Android is ...

Ubuntu and Linux Mint are two of the best known desktop distributions around. Both are extremely popular with Linux users, but which one is better? Since each of these distributions has much to offer ...

The past few months have seen a flurry of Linux distribution updates, and this one is certainly no exception. What’s particularly intriguing about an announcement made last Friday, however, is that it ...

Looking to learn more about open source and free software? You can't go far wrong with our list of sites There’s no getting around it — the world of open-source/free software is pretty Balkanized. So ...