I tested nine Linux desktop environments to find out which ones offer the best balance of features, customization, ...

With its Ubuntu base, PikaOS makes gaming and standard desktop usage on Linux fairly straightforward. I love test-driving a new Linux distribution. And given how easy Linux has become over the years, ...

A new startup called Starling is using AI to help it build a full desktop Linux environment, office productivity apps, and ...

Let me lay out five reasons why I believe this is the case, and no, these aren’t the usual “security, freedom, price” arguments that you’re used to hearing. In a recent developer blog, Qualcomm ...

KDE Plasma 6.8 was officially released on October 14, 2026, but availability through Linux distributions depends on their individual packaging and testing schedules. KDE publishes the upstream source ...

OpenAtom was co-founded in 2020 by Huawei along with some other big Chinese names, such as Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent.

One of the longest running jokes in our sphere is that the coming year will finally be the year of “Linux on the Desktop.” Never mind that the erosion of the traditional Windows-style desktop form of ...

Open source in the public sector doesn’t fail because of technical issues. It fails because it’s not aligned with the ...

For years, anyone running a Linux desktop or a handheld like the Steam Deck had two main options if they wanted to access ...

Windows may be the default, but in a few key areas, it’s the one playing catch-up — and Microsoft doesn’t seem to be in a ...

Growing up as a kid in the 1990s was an almost magical time. We had the best game consoles, increasingly faster computers at a pace not seen before, the rise of the Internet and World Wide Web, as ...