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Asus ROG Ally running Playnite, sitting on a table
Windows handheld owners are switching to Linux, and here's why it's a game-changer

The Penguin continues to reign unchallenged over handhelds, but it's only just beginning

Accessing an Alpine Linux VM
Linux desktops finally learned restraint, and that's the upgrade Windows still hasn't made

Sometimes, less is more.

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Screenshot of the Heroic Games download page on Flathub in Firefox
Flathub bans LLM-generated code because its submitters were rude about it

Manners are free, just like FOSS.

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A video game running on Windows 11.
Proton is better than ever before, but here's why I still prefer gaming on Windows 11

It's the ecosystem, not the layer

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A photo of a monitor displaying Bazzite, along with some apps in the dock
Every major Linux distro is converging on the same defaults, and here's what we lose when they do

The biggest Linux distros are all becoming copies of each other, and we're losing something important as a result

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Someone turned a $50 smartphone into a Linux laptop, and it works better than you'd think

I use Motorola, by the way.

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A Linux laptop showing a Little Snitch dashboard
Linus says Linux's trivial fixes are getting out of hand, and AI reviewers are making it worse

It's a new era of Linux testing, and it's really noisy.

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A Linux laptop running Vivaldi and showing the battery indicator at 100%
Linux 7.2 is cutting support for a 35-year-old card's driver because people aren't using it anymore

The card itself is still supported, though.

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Installing Debian via Termux
Picking a Linux distro is the wrong first question — here's what you should ask instead

Before you settle with a distro, you have to learn how to wield it.

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A laptop running Linux Mint and showing the welcome screen with various steps the user can take to set up the computer
Linux developers are getting bombarded with AI-generated bug reports, and Linus isn't happy

You won't like it when Linus isn't happy.

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Bazzite on a gaming PC.
Linux has quietly become more forward-thinking than Windows, and these 6 features prove it

My ideal version of Windows has these Linux features.

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A Linux laptop and a Windows 11 lapyop side by side, both running OnlyOffice and OBS Studio
Windows is learning Linux's best tricks, while Linux is learning Windows' best tricks

A rising tide lifts all operating systems

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A TV displaying DOOM 2016 running on Bazzite with a performance overlay in the top left corner
Linux gaming is getting faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features

As time goes on, fewer games than ever are unplayable on Linux

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Linux Tux.
Linux's adorable Tux the Penguin mascot turns 30 today, and the OG design is still being used

Why change something that doesn't need a fix?

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Bazzite on a gaming PC.
Your Windows PC can run any Linux distro from a USB stick, and it's the best way to pick one

There's a cure to Linux distro hopping, but everyone keeps forgetting about it

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Resident Evil Requiem running at native resolution on a gaming PC.
Windows is still the best OS for gaming, and these 4 things prove it

Was this ever in question?

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Bazzite logo on the Asus ROG Ally
I switched my gaming handheld from Windows to Bazzite, and I can't go back

Same device, different OS, and a completely different experience

Gaming handheld with battery percentage and performance settings on screen
I stopped blaming my gaming handheld's battery and started tuning it with this free plugin instead

Better power control means longer playtime

A laptop running KDE Plasma and showing a context menu in the Dolphin file manager
Linux is finally dropping support for ancient hardware, and it's about time

There's such a thing as too much support.

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The PlayStation 5 sitting on a table.
You can turn your PS5 into a Linux-powered gaming PC now, but there are big trade-offs

PS5-Linux is pretty limited right now.

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