ZDNET's key takeaways If you want a beautiful desktop, Linux has you covered.These five distributions are either gorgeous or ...

Gentoo and Arch Linux require advanced technical skills and demand manual installations and updates. Slackware lacks automation and graphical tools for beginners ...

Gnoppix is a Linux distribution that is free to install and use. Gnoppix runs smoothly, offers tons of apps, and is user-friendly. The gnoppix-ai package seems to be broken, so I'd avoid it. I've used ...

If you're looking for a minimalist Linux distribution that doesn't force specific apps on you and runs well, Synex might be the one.

If you’ve gone further into the Linux world than the standard desktop distributions like Ubuntu or Fedora, you have undoubtedly come across some more purpose-built distributions. Some examples are ...

Choosing your next Linux distribution: “just works” or community? Your email has been sent It’s 2022, so of course it’s The Year of the Linux Desktop™. I mean, we’ve been living in that year (or on ...

Intel’s Clear Linux distribution has been getting a lot of attention lately, due to its incongruously high benchmark performance. Although the distribution was created and is managed by Intel, even ...