Switching to a lightweight Linux distro used to come with big sacrifices, but these days, you can find great options for your old PC.

CobaltX is based on Arch Linux, and it includes the usual sample of preinstalled gaming tools, such as Steam, Heroic Games ...

Extra performance and the familiarity of Arch? Sign me up.

For migration, the project provides tooling. The migrate2rocky script converts CentOS 8 systems in place, and the broader ...

CachyOS is an Arch-made-easy distro, giving you all the benefits of Arch without the technical hassle. You get a proper graphical installer to streamline the setup process, while the CachyOS Hello app ...

Looking for an operating system to power the servers on your LAN? From hundreds of Linux distributions, I've hand-picked five ...

It used to be that picking a Linux distro mostly came down to which desktop you liked and which package manager you preferred. That is less true today. The distros getting attention now are built to ...

Linux fans may no longer need to hunt for consoles with outdated firmware. PS5 jailbreaks applied on hardware updated in July ...

Epic Games is replacing its launcher with a faster client that now supports Linux. Fortnite compatibility is planned through ...

Even while Valve transitioned its Steam client to 64-bit, its Linux client has remained stuck in 32-bit land, but it appears as though that is finally slated to change, with a new 64-bit Steam client ...

We previously covered Xodus, a new open-source project that aimed to bring Xbox Game Pass and Xbox on PC games to Linux via ...

Choosing the right Linux distro matters more than most people expect. Picking the wrong one from the best Linux distros in 2026 usually means days lost to reconfiguration and troubleshooting instead ...