I need a small linux distro for use in VMware. It needs to be light on resources, using hopefully 32 or 64 Megs of ram. I am considering damn small linux, but I am open to others. I need to be able to ...

The top ten ‘distributions’ – branded, customized versions – of Linux featured here include Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Linux Mint. “One of the most confusing things for the newcomer to Linux is how ...

There was a time when the gulf between a new computer and one a decade or more old was so large as to be insurmountable; when a Pentium was the chip to have an older computer had a 16-bit 8086 or 286.

Zorin OS is a top choice for Linux newcomers searching for a Windows-like experience. It's based on GNOME like Ubuntu, but it ...

Beta 6 of Adélie Linux is arriving, just over six years after Beta 1 – but they do say that good things come to those who wait.… Adélie Linux 1.0-BETA6 is the latest installment in a remarkably ...

Linux Lite 7.6 leaves the core Ubuntu 24.04.3 OS largely untouched, but selectively updates the supplied software collection.

I noticed a trend in the reader response e-mails to an earlier newsletter sampling various Linux distributions that can boot up from a USB keychain. Here are some of the comments I received: * “Puppy ...

OK, actually, they're fit to be tied. That's because millions of users have been using CentOS as a stable point distribution for their servers, virtual machines, and appliances. These aren't just ...

So I found this laptop buried in a drawer today. It's actually very small and light for how old it is. It has a black and white screen. I booted it up, and it had windows 3.1!!! It does have pcmcia ...

It seems that every year is supposed to be “the year” for Linux, but nobody ever manages to define what “the year” really means. You can find statistics on Linux adoption from a variety of research ...