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Linux Mint will be slowing down how often it releases its namesake distro. We'll still see the next distro not long after Ubuntu 26.04 appears. Mint will continue to support X11 and Wayland for now.

When people talk about flexible, reliable operating systems, Linux inevitably enters the conversation. But versatility in an operating system means more than just being powerful or open source—it ...

In a slowly growing show of support for the operating system, Nvidia has launched a beta version of GeForce Now for Linux users. The app, which is available for users on Ubuntu 24.04 (and likely many ...

As attacks on the operating system grow more serious, the company is teasing a plan to bring “verifiable integrity” to Linux. If there’s one thing guaranteed to grab attention in the computer security ...

Zena is built on top of Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (“Noble Numbat”), bringing Mint’s traditional desktop approach together with Ubuntu’s well-tested foundation and extensive software repositories. It ships ...

Modern Linux distributions are powerful operating systems that can fully replace Windows or macOS for many users. But there are still some Windows-only applications that may not be available for Linux ...