Tired of Windows? Take a basic Debian Etch installation, load it up with free software and configure it to run just like a Windows desktop. Tutorial author Falko Timme shows you how in 387 simple ...

Debian works itself or in derivatives such as Open Media Vault or Raspberry Pi OS as a stable and lean server system on countless public and private devices. However, anyone looking for a stylish and ...

PCWorld’s guide helps users navigate the overwhelming choice of approximately 250 Linux distributions by focusing on five main strains: Debian, Red Hat/Fedora, Arch, Slackware, and Gentoo.

Debian and Ubuntu are similar, but they're not the same Debian is more stable, and Ubuntu is easier to use. I'd only recommend one of them to users new to Linux. Ubuntu is based on Debian, and ...

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 ...

Ubuntu has long been the standard recommendation for people new to Linux, though in recent years that advice has come into question. While more people are touting Fedora as "the everything distro", I ...