Valve's SteamOS hides a powerful Linux desktop beneath its console-like interface. With a few button presses, you can unlock ...

Learn how Valve's $1,050 Steam Machine and free Steam OS 3.8 update offer PC gamers a seamless, subscription-free alternative to traditional consoles.

Vendefoul Wolf is a Linux distro that goes against the grain with terrific results ...

Linux (come on, you knew it’d be Linux) takes a different approach: no locks, no guardrails, no limits. That’s what makes Linux a real operating system, something its competitors, dwarfing it in ...

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The history of Linux is among the most unusual stories of recent technological progress. In 1991, Finnish undergraduate Linus ...

Millions of people use Linux every day, but we rarely stop to think about how the operating system feels about it. Wouldn’t it be nice to know what Linux really thinks about open source, Windows, Macs ...

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Keep your Linux operating system and the software you run on it fully up to date. You don’t have to worry about remembering to perform patching if you take on one of these automated systems. Automated ...