Void Linux won’t be the right distro for everyone, but on old hardware, its lean design can feel like a second life.

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 ...

One of the most impactful changes in the 7.0 networking stack is the optimization of the IPv6 TCP output path to cache flow ...

The Dell Privacy Drivers support its newest laptops; hardware-based privacy buttons. These key combinations stop any application from accessing its laptops' built-in ...

In previous articles, we looked at how to configure the kernel as well as the key components of an embedded operating system (OS). This new article focuses on the hardware components of embedded Linux ...

Make your Linux system reboot itself and fix crashes automatically.

I've been doing some work lately evaluating various Linux desktop environments on low-end hardware. I've put a lot of time into this and I've gotten some interesting results, so I thought I'd share ...

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 ...

Steam Deck's success pushes Linux gaming to an unprecedented 5.3% market share milestone while Windows drops below 93% for ...