I capped my old laptop at 2.8GB of RAM, and one 'lightweight' Linux distro still choked.

Alpine Linux 3.24 is out, bringing a new desktop environment that should make for a very high-performance combination. Version 3.24.1 followed just four days later to fix some OpenSSL security issues.

Tiny11 can help older Windows 10 PCs run a lighter Windows 11 build, but the unofficial project comes with security and support tradeoffs. The end of Windows 10 support is creating a hardware dilemma ...

If you’ve tinkered with Raspberry Pi boards for a while, you probably know the default choice: Raspberry Pi OS. It’s lightweight, optimised, and works flawlessly for most DIY projects. But what if you ...

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Linux users have a new desktop antivirus option, albeit from an unlikely source: Kaspersky. The Russian cybersecurity company, whose software is banned in the USA and restricted in government use by ...

Unlike Windows, the de facto idea is that most Linux distros are generally easier on system resources, which gives you the opportunity to revive your older laptop with ancient hardware specifications.

Linux kernel 6.17 adds stable Intel Panther Lake (Xe3) support for upcoming Core Ultra devices. SR-IOV for Intel Arc Pro and more multi-GPU fixes boost VM and graphics support on Linux. The mainline ...

When running Kubernetes clusters for development, the operating system’s footprint can make or break performance and agility. Heavy, general-purpose Linux distributions waste memory and CPU cycles on ...

Tiny10 is a stripped-down Windows 10 that requires less than half of Windows 10's recommended system resources. It has been developed by NTDEV. Tiny10 doesn't have ...

Tiny Core Linux shows that a fully functional, GUI-driven Linux distro can be smaller than Windows 95 and still be modern and useful. Version 15 is out, in both x86-32 and x86-64 editions. It's based ...