I've used both Linux and MacOS for years. But if you have to decide between them, ask yourself these seven simple questions.

But if you want to browse the internet, stream, or use most productivity software or office suites, you’ll find a capable ...

Choosing the right desktop environment can make or break your Linux experience. Here's the best options for new users.

The Linux OS lacks an effective yet simple checking and banking tool. There are money-management tools for Linux users, of course, but most full-fledged offerings are overkill for monitoring spending ...

Our Linux cheat sheet includes some of the most commonly used commands along with brief explanations and examples of what the commands can do. One of the things you need when building your “chops” on ...

If you've been reading much of my work, you know I switch Linux distributions (also called distros) a lot. Distro-hopping ...

Missing Visual Basic on Linux? Gambas for Linux comes close, to make Visual Basic programmers feel at home. Here, we use Gambas to develop an application that will store the links to your favorite ...

Researchers have discovered a remarkably easy way to make your Linux machines run faster. Many Linux devices have been plagued by Windows-centric hardware management since 2002, but this could be ...

In the old days, you had a computer and it did one thing at a time. Literally. You would load your cards or punch tape or whatever and push a button. The computer would read your program, execute it, ...

A while back I wrote about the awesome open-source image editing program Paint.NET, which is available only for Windows. Although I'm thrilled there is an open-source option for Windows users, ...