Linux may be primarily associated with servers and desktop PCs, but it’s surprisingly well-suited to touchscreen devices. My preferred desktop environment, GNOME, looks like it was designed with ...

Ubuntu Cinnamon combines familiarity and strong hardware support, making it the perfect secondary OS for your PC.

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. I once had a conversation with an Ubuntu Budgie developer who ...

In a previous post I discussed how to introduce users to Linux, where the focus was on the software side of the conversation. This post is all about the hardware. The reason I put hardware second is ...

CPU benchmarks are in for the latest release of Windows 11, version 25H2, and results stacked up against Ubuntu aren't ...

Gaming on Linux has long been considered one of the most difficult things to do until the addition of Steam Client. As the service progresses, new updates are being released to make the experience ...

Mint 22.2 is available now, free of charge. If you're already using Mint 22, then your next routine upgrade should install ...

How many Linux gamers are there? It’s tough to say. We don’t even know how many Linux users there are in general. Valve’s Steam Hardware Survey supposedly sheds light on the OS breakdown among gamers, ...

I was just thinking about old systems and Linux. Now I am wondering what is the oldest hardware Linux supports and still be usable, that is, as a desktop? Another thought I have is, how far should ...

Plenty of specialized companies out there sell PCs with Linux, but Dell is one of the very few mainstream contenders to have done so over the years. After some spotty initial offerings, it’s taken a ...

AI developers use popular frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, and JAX to work on their projects. All these frameworks, in turn, rely on Nvidia's CUDA AI toolkit and libraries for high-performance AI ...