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A Wi-Fi router with angled antennas.
This one Linux setting is capping your Wi-Fi speed far below your router's rating

The setting is easy to check and even easier to overlook!

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5 popular Arch distros ranked by how much babysitting they need

Ranked from the one that needs constant attention to the one that streamlines the maintenance part.

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Laptop with Ubuntu and a Linux terminal open.
These 10 Linux commands showed me how much better life is off Windows

Life's better off Windows—and Linux is ready to prove it.

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Spotify and Clementine open side by side on two different monitors.
I finally found a Linux music player that feels better than Spotify's desktop app

Spotify, surprisingly, works fine as a local music player, but this open-source app does things just a little bit better.

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A computer monitor with Ubuntu running and the terminal showing cd and pwd command.
Stop using the cd command — this Linux command is faster, smarter, and easier

A modern cd alternative can mean less typing, less guessing, and far fewer wrong turns in the terminal.

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A nintendo themed mechanical keyboard sits in front of a laptop.
I installed Albert on Linux, now I can find any app or file without opening the terminal

Want to find any app, file, website, or calculation without using the Terminal? Try this app now.

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An old laptop keyboard with a missing key.
Linux isn't lightweight by default—here's what actually makes it work on old hardware

Linux isn't magic. It's how the developers choose a distro's apps and desktop that matters.

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Windows 11 PC showing file explore with access to Linux partition file system.
5 reasons Linux may be for people like you

Break out of Microsoft-imposed limits with Linux.

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ShredOS boot menu on a monitor
ShreadOS destroys your old PC's data more thoroughly than a hammer ever will

It turns disk wiping into a dedicated job!

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A PC monitor with a Linux terminal open showing the FastFetch output for Fedora.
This 25-year old patent just expired—and Linux video playback is one step closer to being perfect

Nothing quite says "modern computing" like waiting on paperwork from 2001.

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A monitor showing the KDE Crash Handler, explaining that the app Kate has crashed unexpectedly, but the user can help by reporting the error.
You don’t need to code or spend money to improve KDE—here are 7 ways to help

You don’t have to donate money to make a difference; you can donate your work instead. And you don’t even have to know how to code!

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I discovered KDE’s hidden superpowers after installing these 3 open-source utilities

Making sure I can push Plasma to its limit.

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An ASUS monitor displays LinuxPDF running inside a browser, with the emulated Linux console and on-screen keyboard visible inside the PDF.
I couldn't believe Linux could run inside a PDF, so I tried it

I thought Linux running inside a PDF sounded impossible, so I tried it myself—and ended up with a working Linux terminal in a document.

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A monitor showing the Quick Settings page of the KDE System Settings app.
I stopped getting lost in KDE’s settings after finding these simple shortcuts

The system settings app is great once you get used to it; these tips will help you out.

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A desktop computer running Linux Mint displays Firefox with a How-To Geek article open beside the Linux Mint logo wallpaper.
I outgrew Linux Mint, but I didn't want a harder Linux distro

I was ready to move beyond Linux Mint, but I wasn't interested in trading its simplicity for a distro that required more work.

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These 5 Linux distros promise to run Windows apps—I tried them all, and one was clearly the best

Running a Windows app on Linux can be surprisingly easy, but some distro make the process far less frustrating!

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Hand removing a screw from a Fairphone 6 using the included screwdriver.
3 Linux phones you can actually buy and use right now (and why you probably shouldn't)

Support and performance are better, but still trail behind Android.

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3D Tux penguin standing with large blue 'WSL' text and a Windows logo overhead.
WSL turned Linux into a Windows app, and Microsoft's old enemies didn't see it coming

A quiet shift unites two different computing worlds.

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Proxmox VE turned a $35 Raspberry Pi into my homelab's most powerful machine

The tiny board had no business running my homelab experiments, but here we are!

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Linux mascot on a globe holding a flag.
Why governments worldwide are abandoning Windows for homegrown Linux alternatives

Cities and states swap SharePoint and Windows for Nextcloud, LibreOffice and custom Ubuntu derivatives to regain control.

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