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Kubuntu installed on a Surface Laptop 4.
My favorite Linux distro has been overlooked for years—here's why I use it instead of Mint or Ubuntu

A desktop environment can make a huge difference.

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The Linux terminal open on a laptop screen running Ubuntu 20.04.
Linux built-in tools are so powerful, you can build a database with them. Here's how

Get to know these common tools and manage your tasks at the same time.

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A dual-pane terminal display on a laptop demontsrating Linux namespaces in action.
Stop avoiding the Linux terminal—here's how to actually get comfortable with it

Turn your terminal into a productive playground.

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GNOME Software open on a Star Labs StarLite Linux tablet
My tablet runs a full Linux distro, and it's the best testing ground I've found for new operating systems

Running Linux on an Android device with Termux and a VNC viewer can turn your old tablet into a tinkerer's paradise.

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Ubuntu running with a terminal open with sudo apt install written.
Don’t install Linux until you’ve read How-To Geek’s distro cheat sheet

Everyone has an opinion about which distro you should install — it’s time you decide for yourself.

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A Steam Deck with a low-profile keyboard in front of it.
Linux works better on gaming handhelds than laptops—and that’s embarrassing

Focused collaboration between chipset vendors and distro teams yields polished power and performance on handhelds.

Decal of the Kubuntu logo on the rear of the Kubuntu Focus Ir14.
Linux is free, but I pay for Linux PCs: Here's why

Why buy the OS I don't want when I can buy the OS I do?

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Why Mint's easy graphical interface is the worst thing for your Linux journey

Comfort is so often sought, but it’s difficulty that yields the most.

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Starling open on a desktop.
One dev turned the Linux desktop into a single app, and it's surprisingly good

It's a Linux app pretending to be a desktop environment that looks like macOS or Windows.

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A terminal screen showing several Linux apps being run simultaneously.
The biggest mistakes new Linux users make aren't technical

You're treating Linux like Windows — stop these common newbie traps.

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A monitor running Zorin OS displays the Windows version of IrfanView during hands-on testing.
I finally found an easy way to run Windows apps on Linux without turning my desktop into a science project

Zorin OS made running Windows apps on Linux much easier than I expected, without forcing me to manually configure Wine.

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A terminal showing timing info in the prompt that demonstrates how much faster fd is than find.
How I turned my Linux terminal sessions into daily speedrun challenges

Time your command runs, then iterate with various techniques to get faster and faster.

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Two Linux terminals open with one showing fast fetch results for Fedora and one for Arch Linux.
I ran Arch Linux for 5 years — Fedora does the same job with less work

Fedora feels like the finished product of an experiment that is Arch Linux.

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Logos of several companies and an abondoned seal over a UNIX operating system running on a vintage computer
The most ambitious Linux project of all time failed because lawsuits were more lucrative

The story of a hobby project outrunning billion-dollar backing.

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A computer monitor showing several Linux terminal TUIs.
The 60-year-old Unix design choice that made the Linux desktop a mess

A heritage of dumb terminals and 1980s workstations still leaves Linux rooted in text tools and unconventional window behaviors.

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Alpine Linux open on a laptop.
I ditched Ubuntu for a Linux distro that fits in 200MB, and I'm not going back

Why use up 4GB of RAM when a few hundred megabytes will do the trick?

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Windows 11 Display settings show controls for brightness, HDR, scaling, and display resolution.
I tested 5 daily PC tasks to see if Linux is actually harder than Windows

I performed the same five everyday PC tasks in Windows and Zorin OS to see whether Linux still deserves its reputation for being harder.

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These Bash shortcuts save me hours of terminal typing every month

Use the Bash shell like a pro—and be more productive.

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8 things you should never do in Proxmox (unless you want your homelab to crash)

Proxmox has a few buttons you should probably think twice about pressing!

Fastfetch output on an Arch Linux PC on a monitor.
Arch Linux is not hard to install, by the way

You can have a working Arch system by the end of an afternoon.

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