Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is a question that I've been recently asking myself. Within the Linux crowd, Debian is often looked upon as one of the ...

In today's open source roundup: Debian versus Ubuntu. Plus: Five Linux distros for your computer, and which game genres need more games on Linux? Ubuntu and Debian are two of the most popular options ...

The Debian project, the upstream mother of countless Linux distributions, has released Debian 10, also known as “Buster.” And yes, that’s a reference to the character from Toy Story. All Debian ...

We have a Debian machine here at work that is used for just a couple of small but quite useful things. It happily sits in our server room with only an ethernet and power line going into it. It runs ...

Debian 13 (aka "Trixie") is now available for general use. This latest release is an elegant, smooth, and stable OS. Trixie ships with plenty of applications, a new theme, and a modern kernel. Debian ...

Debian has released a new live distribution. This new distribution is 100% free software. It's early in development, but Debian Libre Live already has a solid base. The Debian project has released a ...

Also in today's open source roundup: DistroWatch reviews Apricity OS 07.2016, and 10 big improvements in Android 7.0 Nougat Security is an important priority for all users, even those who run Linux as ...

Debian and Ubuntu are similar, but they're not the same Debian is more stable, and Ubuntu is easier to use. I'd only recommend one of them to users new to Linux. Ubuntu is based on Debian, and ...

IPv6 is the successor to our current internet protocol, IPv4. It offers many new features, including vastly increased address space--128 bits vs. IPv4's measly 32 bits--easier autoconfiguration and ...