System76’s Pop!_OS 24.04 lands with the all-new Cosmic Epoch 1 desktop. We installed it and kicked the tires so you know what to expect.
Posts published in “Distros”
System76 didn’t just ship a new Pop!_OS -- it quietly flipped the switch on a brand‑new Rust desktop, Cosmic Epoch 1. We take a look at why this one matters far beyond Pop!’s existing fanbase.
Our Larry Cafiero takes a look at Solus and its homegrown desktop Budgie, and discovers why it's one of the most popular scratch-built distros.
As Europe talks up “EuroLinux” and digital sovereignty, Turkey’s Pardus has already spent two decades quietly running in its public sector.
Pardus 25.0 promises a “just install and go” experience for Linux users. We test whether this Turkish distro lives up to that promise.
This new offering from Collabora takes the company's popular modernized LibreOffice spin from online to offline on users’ local machines.
For Thanksgiving’s Distro of the Week, we put openSUSE Tumbleweed Xfce through install, configuration, and multitasking tests to see how its classic tools and newer additions hold up in everyday use.
Take Fedora 43 Workstation for a spin with our hands-on review -- plenty of screenshots, but don't trample the Easter egg.
As AerynOS powers ahead without its founder, the open source world might ask: Why does Ikey Doherty keep going AWOL?









