If you see inaccuracies in our content, please report the mistake via this form. Buying any laptop can be daunting, let alone one for an operating system you may not be familiar with. So ZDNET ...

Perhaps these can provide the tiny laptop seeker with a basis for something useful. [NODE] certainly thinks so, because he’s produced a nice little Ubuntu laptop using a second-hand Nexus 7 ...

Simply drag the brightness slider to set it to your preferred level. If your laptop has a light sensor, Ubuntu may have an option to adjust brightness automatically. Enabling this feature ensures ...

Ubuntu is based on Debian, but they're not the same. To help you choose which to install, we compare support, pre-installed ...

I can’t walk into my local UK high street retailer and buy a PC preinstalled with Ubuntu, neither can I do so at the usual large online PC manufacturers. ChromeOS may be something of a special ...

Is Huawei planning to ship Linux on its upcoming MateBook laptops instead of HarmonyOS NEXT? A fresh leak out of China this ...

For most Windows users, switching to Windows 11 is probably a no-brainer. Microsoft wants you to use its latest operating system, too, even offering free upgrades for Windows 10 users. Windows 11 is ...

An update to the Mutter display manager is primed to start rolling out to users of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (and 24.10) with a couple ...

Ubuntu (along with ChromeOS) is a good option if you have an older PC that can't run Windows 11 since Windows 10 is going out of support in October 2025. Ditto for Macs of a certain age.