It was October 2004, and I'd been using Red Hat Linux (way before it became Fedora) for years. I was fairly certain that would be my distribution until the world ended. I'd become comfortable with Red ...

Snap packages on Ubuntu can be bloated and slow. They can waste your storage and seemingly slow down system performance.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. This article is more than 6 years old. If you're wading into Linux ...

Anyone here using Ubuntu LTS in production? I'm asking here rather than LKF because I'm more interested in the sort of opinions that are available in the server room. Essentially, in the past I viewed ...

Installing Ubuntu on a Windows computer is no different from dual-booting any operating system. In fact, it's easier than most, because Ubuntu is designed to be one of the most straight forward of ...

Debian and Ubuntu are similar, but they're not the same Debian is more stable, and Ubuntu is easier to use. I'd only recommend one of them to users new to Linux. Ubuntu is based on Debian, and ...

Ubuntu Linux was a pleasant surprise. If I had to sum up my 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux in a sentence, it would be “Ubuntu Linux is more than capable of being the primary desktop OS for most users, but ...

Dual booting is a great way to get the best of both worlds of Windows and Linux. It’s relatively straightforward to install the two operating systems alongside each other, and it's also a great ...

There are a few options, namely snap, flatpak, and appimage. All are competing in their own way to become the dominant repository for up-to-date software on a fixed distro. Many dislike snap for being ...

Best VPN for 2026: Our Top 10 Favorite VPN Services The Best VPNs for Ubuntu in 2025 It’s not accurate to say there are no great VPNs for Ubuntu, as they do exist. However, with most providers ...