Linux Mint is my top pick for Windows escapees—stable, familiar, and frequently updated. Cinnamon menu gains moveable search ...

On the flip side, the Linux ecosystem has several flavors that feature a bare-minimum number of packages and services.

The demise of traditional x86 PC processors in favour of leaner, more efficient Arm chips has been predicted since, well, it seems like forever. For that notion to gain any traction for PC gaming, ...

It looks very similar to the previous release, Devuan 5 "Daedalus", which we reviewed in August 2023. Perhaps the most ...

Steam’s October 2025 survey shows Windows 11 at 63.57%, while Linux at a record 3.05% and macOS at 2.11% gained more new ...

The Flatpak 1.17.0 pre-release enables direct installation from an OCI image and supports sideloading from OCI repositories.

When picking operating systems for a closer look here in the Daily Drivers series, the aim has not been to merely pick the next well-known Linux distro off the pile, but to try out the ...

As of October 2025, Linux has broken a new record among PC gamers. It's gaining new users... almost as fast as Windows is ...

Ubuntu Summit The Register FOSS desk sat down with Canonical's vice-president for engineering, Jon Seager, during Ubuntu Summit earlier this month. This is a heavily condensed version of our ...

Another fascinating aspect of SpiralLinux is that it can be easily upgraded to either Debian Unstable or Debian Testing (if you're brave and want the latest, greatest releases -- but with probable ...

Arch Linux was the distro with the largest share, at 0.31%. While Windows remains the dominant OS, its share declined slightly to 94.84%. Windows 11 continues to be the most popular version, reaching ...

Read on for a recap of smaller Linux app releases in October 2025, including updates to BleachBit, Bazaar, Calibre, DigiKam, Resources and more!