Tiny Core Linux is a true example of just how small a functional desktop operating system can be, even in 2025.

Linux and open source are also on track to become more secure in 2026, as the ecosystem simultaneously hardens the kernel, ...

At Ubuntu Summit 2023 in Riga, Latvia, Canonical product manager Oliver Smith and engineering manager Ken VanDine introduced the Ubuntu Core Desktop. It's not shipping yet, but it's getting closer -- ...

Linus Torvalds has published the last release of the current Linux development kernel, clearing the way for work on the next version of the operating system core. Torvalds, who founded the Linux ...

Look at almost any mission-critical computer system in the world—servers, workstations, embedded computers, and many more—and ...

Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here Embedded and internet of things (IoT) devices are a growing category of computing, and with that growth has ...

Several projects exist that purport to be small, run-in-memory distributions. The most popular probably is Puppy Linux. Puppy has spawned several variations, and I have used it several times myself on ...

Once upon a time operating systems shipped on a stack of 1.4MP floppy disks. These days most come on DVDs because the installer files can’t fit on 640MB CDs. And then there’s Tiny Core Linux. Tiny ...

Due to popular demand, we're looking into AMD's Threadripper 2990WX performance using Linux. Apparently this is something we should have done since day one, according to many AMD fans, although of ...

Our look at Intel’s Core i9-9900K performance has taken far more time to deliver than we would’ve liked, but none of the reasons for the delay have anything to do with the product itself. Part of what ...