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Which Linux distributions will rise above the competition in 2026 to dethrone the old guard? These are my picks.

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You can now get more than just macOS for M1 Macs You can now get more than just macOS for M1 Macs is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for ...

Canonical, Ubuntu’s publisher, announced today “the quickest way” to run Linux cross-platforms on M1 Macs. With Multipass, users can launch a virtual machine image with one command and have Linux ...

There's an easy way to experiment and answer those questions: taking a Linux operating system for a test drive without making any harmful changes to your PC. If you're thinking of switching to Linux ...