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

With the Steam Frame and Steam Machine launching with SteamOS Linux this year, we're going to again see a nice boost for ...

Big Blue is expected to endorse the idea of using the open-source operating system for use on desktop computers. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital ...

You can revisit the early days of Linux through MiDesktop, a modern fork of the original KDE 1. It's a must-try nostalgic experiment.

If you need to use specific software that doesn't have a native Linux version, then that's a pretty good reason not to use ...

Statcounter, a website that tracks the market share of web browsers, operating systems, and search engines, is reporting that Linux on the desktop has over 4% market share for the very first time ...

The Lumina Desktop Environment desktop is a standout in the crowded field of Linux graphical user interface choices. Lumina is a compact, lightweight, XDG-compliant graphical desktop environment ...