These small distros can have some surprisingly major uses.

The 6 Linux distros I expect to rule 2026 - as someone who's tested hundreds (and for decades) ...

The first name on the list, Puppy Linux is a must-try Linux distro for low-end PC users. It is renowned for its extremely small size and minimal system requirement. The distro is designed to run ...

Both BunsenLabs Boron and Bohdi Linux are outstanding distributions. These distros take advantage of similar layouts, but are quite different. Neither distro is an ideal choice for new Linux users.

There was a time when the gulf between a new computer and one a decade or more old was so large as to be insurmountable; when a Pentium was the chip to have an older computer had a 16-bit 8086 or 286.

Linux distros that remember laptops exist and they have batteries, small screens, and trackpads.

I noticed a trend in the reader response e-mails to an earlier newsletter sampling various Linux distributions that can boot up from a USB keychain. Here are some of the comments I received: * “Puppy ...