PCWorld’s guide helps users navigate the overwhelming choice of approximately 250 Linux distributions by focusing on five main strains: Debian, Red Hat/Fedora, Arch, Slackware, and Gentoo.

When installing Linux for the first time, it can be a little confusing as to what you should do next. Thankfully, most Linux distros are well configured out of the box, allowing you to get up and ...

Linux revived my old PC: runs smoothly, fans stay quiet. Rolling Arch updates keep software current; I update daily with pacman -Syu. Low resource use and clean package management prevent bloat, ...

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

Arch Linux has a reputation for being too complicated, unstable, and not for everyone. For those reasons, several distributions have emerged that attempt to bring Arch to the masses. Many of them ...