Do you want to run a full Linux desktop installation on your Chromebook without giving up ChromeOS? This alteration will give you access to both complete operating systems running simultaneously so ...

The Zorin Group has released a point update to the beautiful beginner-friendly Linux distro Zorin OS 15, and while not substantial it does ship with a few nice improvements worth mentioning below. But ...

Some people hate the idea of adding proprietary software to their desktop Linux. For these people, there are Linux distributions such as gNewSense that use only free software. For the rest of us, who ...

Opening a new chapter in its 10-year history and a new front in its war against Microsoft, the leading Linux seller plans to announce its first version of the open-source OS for the desktop. Stephen ...

Cosmetic adjustments, better business applications -- and more of them -- and improved marketing will help turn the tide, according to speakers at the Desktop Linux Summit in San Diego, California.

One of the more divisive concepts in IT these days is Linux on the desktop. There are those who would prefer nothing else, pointing to myriad security and stability problems found in Microsoft ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. You’ve probably heard of Ubuntu, one of the most popular Linux ...

Wait, isn’t the Linux desktop dead? As I observed last year, it all depends on how you define it. Many of us had expected a revolutionary overthrow of Windows by something that was, for all intents ...