The biggest challenge for Windows XP users switching to Linux Mint is having to change the programs you've known and used for years. Fortunately, some programs are available on both Linux and Windows.

There you have it—five Linux tools and apps that you should install on day one to get the smoothest experience using Linux.

Making a list of the best Linux software is a tough task. Hell, you could fill an entire book just by listing the various distros and desktop environments, let alone making a list of the best software ...

What's so special about it? Simple, eBPF enables you to run programs in the Linux kernel without changing the kernel source code or adding additional modules. In effect, it acts like a lightweight, ...

The chipmaker, one of the first mainstream companies to endorse Linux, announces programming tools that it says will make Linux programs run better on its chips. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

Acer, the world’s third-largest PC maker, believes that Linux software is a key to the low-cost laptop computer movement and hopes to create a community around the devices, a top executive said.

Intel program to make it easier for Chinese and Indian computer makers to sell Linux on PCs is going global. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital ...

Software radical Richard Stallman helped build the Linux revolution. Now he threatens to tear it apart. The free Linux operating system set off one of the biggest revolutions in the history of ...

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the formation of the Open Robust Compartmentalization Alliance (ORCA). ORCA brings ...