Nearly all Linux distributions could serve as either a desktop or server OS. It's not like you'd want to slap a desktop environment onto Ubuntu Server and use it as a desktop OS, but you could. You ...

ZDNET's key takeaways OpenSUSE and Manjaro are both powerhouse distributions.If you're new to Linux, only one of these may be ...

Debian is the classic server Linux, but tends to be the second choice on desktop hardware. It'd be wrong to write off Debian on the desktop.

There are many reasons to switch to Linux, such as security, free software, and data protection. We compare the distributions ...

SLES 10, which is expected to move into beta testing in August and ship in early 2006, will incorporate commercially supported Xen virtualization, consolidated software management, a Common ...

A Linux distribution on the desktop is an amalgam of the tortoise and the little train that could. Ever so slowly, it continues to move onward and upward, ticking away the market share percentages by ...

If you don't know what the Linux desktop operating system is, or if you're new to it, Jack Wallen's quick explainer will get you up to speed. Linux. What is it? At one point in time it was a niche ...

Snap and Flatpak are Linux universal package managers. Both have their pros and cons. Each gives Linux far more apps to ...

The annual assertion by open-source developers that the year of the Linux desktop is here may finally be more than a mere catchphrase. According to the web traffic analysis website StatCounter, Linux ...