Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. You’ve probably heard of Ubuntu, one of the most popular Linux ...

The basic premise of the elementary OS Challenge is simple: ditch Windows, macOS or your current Linux OS of choice and exclusively use elementary OS 5 Juno as your daily driver for two weeks. Explore ...

Those of you that enjoy changing the theme for your smartphone on a daily basis will appreciate what the folks behind Elementary OS are trying to do. They're not trying to be your "Monday" theme, but ...

Everyone is a Linux user, but almost no one knows it. The operating system is a strange beast. You’d be hard pressed to come up with another tool so widely used, so widely deployed, and so absolutely ...

However, there are days when I miss the elegance and simplicity of the Elementary OS desktop distribution. Elementary OS is as elegant a desktop OS as you'll ever find. With the slightest inspiration ...

One of the easiest ways to get more out of an old or underpowered system is to free it from Windows and install Linux software instead. An excellent alternative OS for business, Linux lets the ...

Once upon a time, Elementary OS was my go-to Linux desktop distribution. However, upon purchasing my first System76 desktop, I migrated from Elementary OS to Pop!_OS and never looked back. Oh, sure, I ...

Perhaps it’s a holdover from the Apple Depression of the 1990s, but I sometimes wonder where I would go if I ever needed to leave the Mac. I hear you asking, “Why would you ever need to leave the Mac, ...

Does Elementary OS Emulate Apple’s OS X Too Much? There are a couple of interesting reviews of Elementary OS Luna. Elementary OS is based on Ubuntu, and it suspiciously reminds me of Apple’s OS X ...

Daniel Foré didn't plan on building an operating system. In 2006, Foré was fed up with Windows, and he switched to Linux, the open source operating system. But he didn't just use the OS. Like so many ...

Privacy isn’t just a feature in Elementary OS 8 — it’s a foundational principle. The developers have carefully considered how user data is handled at every ...

Last month the elementary team released elementary OS “Loki” 0.4. Needless to say, I wasted no time downloading and installing that bad boy on one of my machines. Even though I tend to use openSUSE on ...