Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. As part of the elementary OS Challenge, I've created a community ...

Everyone is a Linux user, but almost no one knows it. The operating system is a strange beast. You’d be hard pressed to come up with another tool so widely used, so widely deployed, and so absolutely ...

The basic premise of the elementary OS Challenge is simple: ditch Windows, macOS or your current Linux OS of choice and exclusively use elementary OS 5 Juno as your daily driver for two weeks. Explore ...

There are a lot of Linux Distributions in this world of ours, with a large percentage of them releasing new, major versions at least once (if not twice) per year. And when those new releases come out, ...

Elementary OS is an easy-to-use operating system that offers a fresh approach to running Linux. Developers of U.S.-based Elementary OS recently released the community’s annual major update, Juno 5.

Elementary OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution with an emphasis on speed, privacy, and ease-of-use. It also happens to have a user interface that’s reminiscent of macOS and a slightly ...

I’m a big openSUSE user. No ifs, ands or buts about it. I love it so much that I even sit on the openSUSE board. But that doesn’t mean that I can’t appreciate the other, truly remarkable, Linux ...

Sometimes new Linux distros still in beta-only status can offer pleasant surprises with a key feature not available elsewhere. Check out Enso OS for a prime example. Enso OS is a relatively new Linux ...

A review of the elementary distribution and an interview with its founders. In the spring of 2014 (nearly five years ago), I was preparing a regular presentation I give most years—where I look at the ...

A snapshot of the current state of Desktop Linux at the start of 2019—with comparison charts and a roundtable Q&A with the leaders of three top Linux distributions. I've never been able to stay in one ...

Elementary OS is an easy-to-use operating system that offers a fresh approach to running Linux. Developers of U.S.-based Elementary OS recently released the community’s annual major update, Juno 5.