I can't tell you the number of hours I've wasted rebooting PCs. When you're constantly swapping hardware, trying out new software, and sitting on the bleeding edge of software support, you're bound to ...

Tails stands for "The Amnesic Incognito Live System," and the operating system certainly lives up to that name. But what is Tails? Tails is a live operating system, which means it's not installed.

In the vast and versatile world of Linux, the concept of a live environment allows users to run an entire operating system directly from a USB stick or CD without installing it on a computer's hard ...

In the almost 20 years since Linux was first released into the world, free for anyone to use and modify however they like, the operating system has been put to a lot of uses. Today, a vast number of ...

Linux has come a very long way. Not only is the kernel far more sophisticated and capable than during the 1990s, but the GUIs make everything so easy that working with the operating system is almost ...

Linux Mint beats Windows 11 in more ways than I expected, but switching still comes with real trade-offs.

In 2025, rescue distros are more powerful, more hardware-aware, and easier to use than ever before. Whether you’re a system ...

There are gentle migration strategies that can delay the move away from Windows 10, which Microsoft will stop supporting in October 2025. Technically (and maybe even psychologically), the easiest step ...

Enterprise Linux users face growing risks from software vulnerabilities, especially given their widespread reliance on open-source code in Linux applications and commercial software. Live kernel ...

There are a few different reasons why the average person — as opposed to an enthusiast tinkerer — might want to try out one of the many available flavors of free Linux-based operating systems. If ...

PCWorld’s guide helps users navigate the overwhelming choice of approximately 250 Linux distributions by focusing on five main strains: Debian, Red Hat/Fedora, Arch, Slackware, and Gentoo.