Everyone is a Linux user, but almost no one knows it. The operating system is a strange beast. You’d be hard pressed to come up with another tool so widely used, so widely deployed, and so absolutely ...

Elementary OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution with an emphasis on speed, privacy, and ease-of-use. It also happens to have a user interface that’s reminiscent of macOS and a slightly ...

There are a lot of Linux Distributions in this world of ours, with a large percentage of them releasing new, major versions at least once (if not twice) per year. And when those new releases come out, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. Introducing new features into any operating system -- whether that ...

I’m a big openSUSE user. No ifs, ands or buts about it. I love it so much that I even sit on the openSUSE board. But that doesn’t mean that I can’t appreciate the other, truly remarkable, Linux ...

The release last month ofElementary OS Freya version 0.3.2 showed little has changed in this new-style Linux distro that wraps its own lightweight desktop design around the Ubuntu core. Elementary OS ...

Elementary OS is a new style Linux distro that wraps its own sophisticated desktop design around a solid Ubuntu core.This distro first appeared in 2011. Its developers released the second major ...

When I call Freya the “Mac OS X for Linux,” I mean it as compliment. It’s undeniably one of the most beautiful Linux distributions I have ever seen. What makes Freya different from other OSes is that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. Daniel Foré is the founder of elementary OS, a boutique Linux ...

In today's open source roundup: elementary OS leaves SourceForge for new hosting. Plus: First impressions of a Chromebook from a Linux user. And which Chromebook should a university student buy?