Bazzite is chopping 1GB off its image size — here's what got cut
…It has never been a better time to be a Linux gamer. With Proton making good headway, we're seeing gaming-oriented distros spring up in the wake of SteamOS to capitalize…
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Linux is the open-source operating-system kernel and the ecosystem of distributions built on it, spanning desktop, server, and embedded use; distinct from Linux gaming, which has its own topic.
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…Besides improving the distro’s containerization provisions, TrueNAS 26 made the storage platform a lot more similar to conventional cloud platforms by simplifying file sharing. Related The best NAS distro dropped a…
Self-hosting freed me from the OS lock-in trap (and made my devices clutter-free)
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I switched from pfSense to OPNsense, and I'm happy with the upgrade
…OPNsense’s sleek web UI was a breath of fresh air pfSense’s interface feels a little too dated for my liking Having worked with Linux distributions long before they’d become…
I built the weirdest possible NAS from hardware I already owned, and it works surprisingly well
…So, unless a distro has been fine-tuned for the device, running any ol’ Linux distribution (or even Windows, for that matter) requires a custom UEFI package – and that’s where the…
Windows is still the best OS for gaming, and these 4 things prove it
…Windows will always be the first in line for gamers This isn't a personal verdict on Linux, quite the contrary. Given the trajectory the Linux ecosystem is on when it comes…
Stop using these 6 built-in Linux commands; I found something way better
…But I've been impressed by many of the open-source commands that are easy to install on almost any Linux distro because they're included in default repos. These alternatives have…
I switched from Proxmox to its FreeBSD counterpart on my home server – here's how it went
…Rocky Linux, and even though Linux jails are supposed to be experimental, it was able to run typical CLI tools without throwing compatibility errors. Related I tried using a FreeBSD distro as…
Wine has been translating Windows games to Linux since 1993, but Proton is what made it effortless
…It worked, and it helped noticeably, but some distros ran into issues with file descriptor limits because every synchronization object needed its own file descriptor. Fsync came next, using Linux futexes for…
I ran three home server apps on the Orange Pi Zero 3W to see where it would break, but it hasn't
…The Zero 3W lets you do the same thing and run a full Linux userland in roughly the same envelope, which opens up workloads an ESP32 simply cannot touch. You can run…