We look at several excellent Linux laptops that offer something for every small business—from tiny, tough, and affordable to powerhouse desktop replacements. Plus a commentary on Chromebooks. A Linux ...

Linux is expected to make steady gains over the next few years on the desktop PCs of small businesses, according to a new report. The report, released Monday by The Yankee Group, says Linux has ...

Tiny Core Linux is a true example of just how small a functional desktop operating system can be, even in 2025.

One of the nice things about Ubuntu and most other Linux distributions is that you can install them on pretty much any PC without paying a penny. In many cases, everything will work perfectly out of ...

Damn Small Linux (DSL) has officially received an alpha test 2024 release after a presumed final release back in 2007. Plus, Linux has always been about choice, so variety in your lightweight Linux ...

Many small businesses have avoided Linux for a variety of reasons: not enough applications, complexity of installation or that it requires too much technical know-how to run. The technology has ...

Since the introduction of the Raspberry Pi, the embedded Linux scene has been rocked by well supported hardware that is produced in quantity, a company that won’t go out of business in six months, and ...

Damn Small Linux is a light-weight operating system designed to run on older computers which might not have the speedy processors, large hard drives, or vast amounts of RAM available on newer systems.

The first thing you need to do when you start considering small Linux distributions is decide what your priorities are - what do you need it for and what are you planning to do with it? There are a ...

The past few months have seen a flurry of Linux distribution updates, and this one is certainly no exception. What’s particularly intriguing about an announcement made last Friday, however, is that it ...

We've written about portable apps quite a number of times in the past, but why bother with just apps when there's a whole OS that'll fit on a 50MB USB stick? Damn Small Linux, sometimes abbreviated ...