The beginner Linux choice that decides whether you stay or crawl back to Windows.

I put Ubuntu on an old Dell laptop to see if Linux could really replace Windows 11. See why my final destination was so worth ...

Not every distro is suited for every job.

Mike Darnay is a digital producer and photojournalist at CBS Pittsburgh. Mike has also written and produced content for Vox Media and the Mon Valley Independent. He often covers overnight breaking ...

I've been using Ubuntu for decades. Whether you're new to the OS or returning to it after a while, these are the essential apps, hidden settings, and useful tweaks you need to know about. I've been ...

bVM (short for Binair Virtual Machine) turns your Android device into a portable Linux lab. It installs a minimal Ubuntu rootfs via proot, then lets you create, delete, and manage isolated Ubuntu VMs ...

If you need to use virtual machines on Linux, try Virt-Manager. Virt-Manager is more reliable than VirtualBox. Virt-Manager is completely free and open-source. I'm a long-time supporter of VirtualBox.

Discrete Device Assignment links physical GPUs directly to Hyper-V VMs, enabling AI acceleration without RemoteFX. The chip targets real-world bottlenecks, not just raw compute. Microsoft emphasizes ...

I have a Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 (Snapdragon X Plus, 16GB RAM. 1TB SSD). I really like the hardware, and I decided to try Ubuntu on it. Downloaded the ISO for the ARM version of 25.10. Put it on a ...