Linux distros

Mandrake lives on as OpenMandriva Lx. Bruce talks to OpenMandriva Council members to find out more about this innovative distribution. By Bruce Byfield. Read our OpenMandriva Lx Review. Long-time Linux users may recall the once popular Mandrake ...

Parrot OS offers a more secure desktop with practical tools for both newbies and veteran users that encourage better security habits. By Bruce By field The Parrot OS home page lists four major concerns: security, software freedom, a lightweight ...

The release of Lubuntu 21.10 on 14 October, 2021, marked the 24th version of Lubuntu and the seventh with the LXQt desktop. Read our Lubuntu 21.10 Review. This is the final "standard" release of Lubuntu for this development cycle, as the next ...

SPECS CPU: Broadcom BCM2710A1, quad-core 64-bit SoC (Arm Cortex-A53 @1GHz) RAM: 512MB LPDDR2: GPIO: Standard 40-pin (unsoldered) Ports: Mini HDMI, Micro USB 2.0 OTG, CSI-2 camera connector Video: h264 1080p30 encode/decode ...

SPECS Ubuntu 21.10 CPU: 2GHz Memory: 2GB HDD: 25GB Build: x86-64, arm64, armhf, ppc64le, s390x SPECS Fedora 35 CPU: 2GHz Memory: 2GB HDD: 20GB Build: amd64 and aarch64 Truth be told, Ubuntu and Fedora, arguably the two ...

IN BRIEF A Debian-based distro that came into existence as result of Debian shifting to Systemd. Not only has it spawned a new category of distros, it’s also grown into a mature project that caters to several different use cases – much like its ...

Written by Adam Hunt Ubuntu 21.04 is the middle release of three “standard” releases on the road to the next long term support release. This 22 April, 2021 release is the second step towards Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, the next long term support ...

This year (2020), it’s 20 years ago that I first discovered Linux, picking up RedHat 5.1 (a number of CDs and a manual) for a small sum at a computer meeting. Installing it on the hard disk was very difficult, as the 540 MB HD was so encoded as to ...

Written by Adam Hunt Rudra Saraswat appears to be keeping busy during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has not only put out new releases of Ubuntu Unity and UbuntuEd, but on 16 November, 2020, he released the first version of a new distribution, Ubuntu ...

Written by Adam Hunt Ubuntu Unity brings back Unity 7, which was the face of Ubuntu from 2011-2017, and which still has a lot of fans, due to its efficient design and maximum use of keyboard shortcuts. Ubuntu Unity’s second release, version ...

Written by Adam Hunt Kubuntu users are well-known for their dedication to the distribution and for some very good reasons, too. Read our Kubuntu 20.10 Review. This fresh release of Kubuntu came out on 22 October, 2020. This is the ...

Lubuntu 20.10 was released on 22 October, 2020 and marks the beginning of the development cycle that will lead to the next long term support (LTS) release, Lubuntu 22.04 LTS, scheduled for release in April 2022. Read our Lubuntu 20.10 Review. ...