Which Linux distributions will rise above the competition in 2026 to dethrone the old guard? These are my picks.

Discover the state of Enterprise Linux for networking in 2026. Compare RHEL 10, SLES 16, and Ubuntu alongside NOS leaders like SONiC and Nvidia Cumulus.

No matter how many strides Linux makes toward desktop acceptance, we’re still a long way from the day when we’ll see the free OS become a true drop-in replacement for the commercial systems we use now ...

Even with all of the advances in IT, whether it’s modular hardware, massive cloud computing resources, or small-form-factor edge devices, IT still has a scale problem. Not physically—it’s easy to add ...

Ultimately, every problem in the constantly evolving IT software stack becomes a database problem, which is why there are 418 different databases and datastores in the DB Engines rankings and there ...

Last month I started a series in which I try out different operating systems with the aim of using them for my everyday work, and my pick was Slackware 15, the latest version of the first Linux distro ...

Why it matters: Debian is not the oldest Linux operating system out there, being just a month "younger" than Slackware. But the project started by Ian Murdock certainly is the most successful, as it ...

The latest release of Linux 5.19 has more of an Apple angle than usual, with Linus Torvalds releasing it using an M2 MacBook Air running a version of Linux ported to Apple Silicon. Linux, like other ...

ChromeOS has a strong connection with Linux and uses the Linux kernel at its core. Unlike traditional Linux distros, ChromeOS is locked down and lacks customization. ChromeOS allows running Linux apps ...

People have been talking about switching from Windows to Linux since the 1990s, but in the world of open-source operating systems, there is much more variety than just the hundreds of flavors of Linux ...

Linux offers control, security, and freedom, but its learning curve, software, and hardware issues may challenge some users.