Last week I penned a cheesy fake relationship breakup letter to Ubuntu, my Linux distribution of choice for the last 15 years or so. It had well and truly delivered on its promise of a painless Linux ...

In my previous post I wrote about SuSE Linux (SLES and openSuSE) on the Raspberry Pi 3. I had a variety of problems that caused me to end up rather disappointed and frustrated. So I'm hoping for much ...

Rocking a persistent #1 spot at DistroWatch, Manjaro is an Arch-based distribution that's deliberately targeted at beginners. Let's call it the gateway drug to Arch, which is one of the most flexible ...

A Linux distribution on the desktop is an amalgam of the tortoise and the little train that could. Ever so slowly, it continues to move onward and upward, ticking away the market share percentages by ...

The release of Manjaro 16.06 is imminent - a second release candidate arrived a few days ago, although it wasn't announced on Distrowatch. I wouldn't be surprised if the final release is out before ...

Since 2011, Arch Linux-based Manjaro has focused on being a simple-to-use, accessible Linux desktop distribution with a friendly community. Manjaro has become widely available with multiple desktop ...

The 6 Linux distros I expect to rule 2026 - as someone who's tested hundreds (and for decades) ...