It just so happens there is a distribution of Linux that has largely gone unchanged for the last couple of decades: Slackware. Let’s take a look at its origins, and what I think is a very bright ...

We list the best lightweight Linux distros, to make it simple and easy to run a simpler Linux OS on older x86 computers.

What makes PorteuX so different? Well, first off, it's based on Slackware, one of the oldest Linux distributions that is still maintained. Created in 1993 by Patrick Volkerding, Slackware (often ...

A footnote in the week’s technology news came from Linus Torvalds, as he floated the idea of abandoning support for the Intel 80486 architecture in a Linux kernel mailing list post. That an old ...

When Linux distributions were new, the kernel that came with the system was designed to run on a wide variety of hardware. This made sense when you ...

Linux Lite 7.0 is available to download and install for free from the official site. This lightweight Linux distribution comes with everything you need and performs like an absolute champ. The ...

We list the best lightweight Linux distros, to make it simple and easy to run a simpler Linux OS on older x86 computers. This means you shouldn't expect these distros to provide blistering ...