For all the media attention that goes to Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, and the other leading Linux distributions, casual observers would have to be forgiven if they have no idea that hundreds of other ...

A lightweight Linux distribution can revive old hardware. Puppy Linux and Linux Lite achieve this in very different ways. Both of these distributions can be used for free. Do you have an old computer ...

Linux Lite is a beginner-friendly Linux distribution that is based on the well known Ubuntu LTS and targeted at Windows users. Its mission is to provide a complete set of applications to support users ...

Serving two masters, in theory, is nearly impossible. In practice, the Linux Lite distribution easily satisfies Linux newcomers and veteran penguin fans as well. This distro is very beginner-friendly.

So I tried a distro I'd never used before: Bodhi Linux. This distro epitomizes lightweight and is quite unlike any of the ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As someone who's been around the block a few hundred times with technology, planned obsolescence has long bothered me. When Microsoft released ...

If your aging Windows PC is struggling and you want to give it a new lease of life, there is an excellent selection of Linux distros that can turn it into a responsive machine. These distros are lean ...

The first name on the list, Puppy Linux is a must-try Linux distro for low-end PC users. It is renowned for its extremely small size and minimal system requirement. The distro is designed to run ...

We list the best lightweight Linux distros, to make it simple and easy to run a simpler Linux OS on older x86 machines. This means you shouldn't expect these distros to provide blistering performance, ...

In today's open source roundup: Six GUI firewall management applications in Linux. Plus: Linux Lite 2.2 released, and the story of how Kali Linux was created The command line is a powerful tool for ...