Linux's history is littered with distributions that came and went, many of which are long forgotten. There are some, however, that I actually miss, and these are they.

Sudo lets you run any terminal command as another user — hence "substitute user" — but the default and most common use for it ...

The only hard requirement for using hepp3n’s COSMIC Epoch PPA is to be using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. It can be the desktop edition, ...

Minecraft fits Linux in a natural way. The game doesn’t demand complicated setup, and the OS gives you a clean, stable base ...

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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, ...

Cron persistence is a common Linux malware technique. Learn how it works, how to detect it, and how to remove malicious cron ...

With -w, grep will match “error” but skip things like “errors” or “terror.” The difference can be subtle, but when you’re ...

I installed Bazzite for a console-like Steam Game Mode PC. It’s brilliant… until NVIDIA drivers, 4K glitches, and the Proton ...

Kaspersky Threat Research has identified a new malware campaign that uses paid Google search ads and shared conversations on ...

Logs, databases, and caches grow under /var. Learn why Linux admins monitor the /var directory to prevent disk issues and service failures.

There are many reasons to switch to Linux, such as security, free software, and data protection. We compare the distributions ...