Dabbling for the first time in Linux starts with choosing a Linux distribution. A typical “Linux” system is built up of software from many different open-source projects, including the Linux kernel.

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A version of the Linux desktop operating system and related components. In Linux-speak, a distribution or "distro" is an OS version no different than Windows 10 and 11 or macOS 14 and 15. A Linux ...

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Sabayon Linux is a very fun distribution based on Gentoo Linux. That tidbit of information may be one of the reasons Sabayon isn't more popular, although it shouldn't be. The mention of Gentoo usually ...

Debian, Fedora, and Arch: the big three distributions on which nearly all other flavors of Linux are based. You can throw a rock into an ocean of distributions and be certain you'll hit an operating ...

Two new high-severity vulnerabilities, dubbed ’Dirty Frag’ when chained, have been found in the Linux kernel, affecting most ...