You might say that the trend to 64-bit Linux systems started in 1994 when Jon “maddog” Hall, then at Digital, gave Linus Torvalds an Alpha workstation. But the mass market started to make the move ...

I recently had a problem trying to install the NVIDIA driver for my machine. It seemed the latest driver had stopped supporting my graphics card, and after updating my kernel, I was out of a driver.

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 ...

As Linux boxes have taken on more tasks in business computer rooms over the years, the kinds of hardware users are deploying on Linux has evolved from simple PC servers to more advanced dual- and four ...

GalliumOS is a Chromebook-specific Linux variant. It lets you put a real Linux distro on a Chromebook. My recent review of a new Chromebook feature — the ability to run Linux apps on some Chromebook ...

There was a time, not quite so long ago, when a computer was a beige box that sat on your desk. Before that, computers were big enough to double as desks, and even farther back, they took up a whole ...

Speaking at LinuxCon this week, vaunted PC hero Gabe Newell once again brought Linux gaming back to the forefront, as he is wont to do. Unlike Gabe Newell, though, he said that Valve will reveal ...

Then I expanded that flexibility by adding a few Linux apps to the mix on a Chromebook. I started to enjoy the extremely lightweight Chromebook hardware with its superpowers from Android and Linux ...

Then I expanded that flexibility by adding a few Linux apps to the mix on a Chromebook. I started to enjoy the extremely lightweight Chromebook hardware with its superpowers from Android and Linux ...