Managing Linux updates and avoiding problems can be a challenge, but Fedora Silverblue addresses those concerns and makes it ...

The basic premise of the Fedora challenge is simple: ditch Windows, macOS or your current Linux OS of choice and use Fedora for about a month. It's just enough time to start learning its nuances, its ...

Atomic vs. immutable Linux: Why choose one when these nine distros offer both?

The fail2ban tool in Linux monitors system logs for signs of attacks, putting offending systems into what is called “jail”, and modifying firewall settings. It shows what systems are in jail at any ...

The world of Linux is ready to welcome you, with a shower of free open-source software you can use on any PC: hundreds of active Linux distributions, and dozens of different desktop environments you ...

The cheat command, available for installation on many Linux systems, provides an easy way to make cheat sheets available for hundreds of commands. The term “cheat sheet” has long been used to refer to ...

There are more interesting Linux desktop distributions to choose from than ever before. However, if you’re looking for major distros with a great deal of support, you’ll want to look at the big four: ...

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Gaming on Linux. Depending on who you talk to, getting stuff like Steam up and running and graphics drivers installed can be a tedious exercise, or ridiculously straightforward. That's because people ...