There's a ton more tweaks in this update, so be sure to hop over to the patch notes linked above for the full rundown. And be ...

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Quilter's AI designed a working 843-component Linux computer in 38 hours—a task that typically takes engineers 11 weeks. Here's how they did it.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. I once had a conversation with an Ubuntu Budgie developer who ...

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 ...

In a previous post I discussed how to introduce users to Linux, where the focus was on the software side of the conversation. This post is all about the hardware. The reason I put hardware second is ...

The Linux kernel remains the beating heart of the OS. In 2026, we’ll likely see: New Long-Term Support (LTS) Baselines: With releases like 6.18 already declared LTS and successor branches maturing, ...

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Plenty of specialized companies out there sell PCs with Linux, but Dell is one of the very few mainstream contenders to have done so over the years. After some spotty initial offerings, it’s taken a ...

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 ...

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 ...