I switched from pfSense to OPNsense, and I'm happy with the upgrade
…OPNsense’s sleek web UI was a breath of fresh air pfSense’s interface feels a little too dated for my liking Having worked with Linux distributions long before they’d become…
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Linux is the open-source operating-system kernel and the ecosystem of distributions built on it, spanning desktop, server, and embedded use; distinct from Linux gaming, which has its own topic.
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Picking a Linux distro is the wrong first question — here's what you should ask instead
4d agoDeepin's security problems just cost it another major Linux distro
1w agoDistrobox is like a package manager for distros that runs on top of your distro, and I love it
1w agoCachyOS skipped the Open Gaming Collective, and gamers rewarded it by making it the top Linux distro on Steam
1w agoI built the weirdest possible NAS from hardware I already owned, and it works surprisingly well
…So, unless a distro has been fine-tuned for the device, running any ol’ Linux distribution (or even Windows, for that matter) requires a custom UEFI package – and that’s where the…
Windows is still the best OS for gaming, and these 4 things prove it
…Windows will always be the first in line for gamers This isn't a personal verdict on Linux, quite the contrary. Given the trajectory the Linux ecosystem is on when it comes…
Stop using these 6 built-in Linux commands; I found something way better
…But I've been impressed by many of the open-source commands that are easy to install on almost any Linux distro because they're included in default repos. These alternatives have…
I switched from Proxmox to its FreeBSD counterpart on my home server – here's how it went
…Rocky Linux, and even though Linux jails are supposed to be experimental, it was able to run typical CLI tools without throwing compatibility errors. Related I tried using a FreeBSD distro as…
Wine has been translating Windows games to Linux since 1993, but Proton is what made it effortless
…It worked, and it helped noticeably, but some distros ran into issues with file descriptor limits because every synchronization object needed its own file descriptor. Fsync came next, using Linux futexes for…
Bazzite turned my second PC into a console, and SteamOS never felt this polished on the desktop
…Related These are the only two Linux distros I'd use for gaming Bazzite and CachyOS should be primary considerations for gamers looking to get out from under Microsoft Bazzite feels more…
Ubuntu 26.04 now needs more RAM than Windows 11, which says more about Microsoft than Canonical
…So, is this the end of open-source operating systems being the lighter, less bloated option compared to Windows? Have some of the core tenets behind Linux distros finally fallen, spelling doom…
I ran three home server apps on the Orange Pi Zero 3W to see where it would break, but it hasn't
…The Zero 3W lets you do the same thing and run a full Linux userland in roughly the same envelope, which opens up workloads an ESP32 simply cannot touch. You can run…
Windows continues to lose gamers to Linux, but they might be jumping ship at a bad time
…If you have a spare drive in your system that's worth trying a Linux distro on, I'd encourage that, but I wouldn't jump in with both feet until we…