The GPD Pocket line of pocket-sized, laptop-like computers ship with Windows 10, but folks have been figuring out how to run GNU/Linux on them since day one. Last year the developers behind Ubuntu ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. I’ve always praised the elementary OS team for its extensive and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. This article is more than 5 years old. The Ubuntu 19.10 upgrade ...

Ubuntu MATE Welcome is a virtual ‘Martin’ (although it is more a virtual ‘Luke’ now, as he has done most of the development of late) that introduces the user to Ubuntu MATE and guides them through ...

Canonical released Ubuntu 18.10 this week. But Ubuntu isn’t just a single operating system: there are also a bunch of official and unofficial flavors. As I discovered when testing the GPD Pocket 2 ...

It has been confirmed this week that a version of the free and open-source Linux distribution Ubuntu MATE, is currently under development for the new Raspberry Pi 4 mini PC. Recently launched the Pi 4 ...

In my previous post I wrote about SuSE Linux (SLES and openSuSE) on the Raspberry Pi 3. I had a variety of problems that caused me to end up rather disappointed and frustrated. So I'm hoping for much ...

Canonical’s Unity interface in Ubuntu has fiercely polarized Linux users ever since it was released. Now some are calling for a MATE version of Ubuntu, which would provide a more traditional desktop ...

Ubuntu MATE is now an official flavor of Ubuntu. Yes, that means Ubuntu is giving a stamp of endorsement to GNOME 2 once again. You don’t need to switch to Linux ...

Ubuntu 15.04 wasn’t the only new Ubuntu desktop released last week . Seven of the nine official Ubuntu “flavors” released new versions based on Ubuntu 15.04. These all use the same low-level Ubuntu ...

I said at the end of my previous post that I would be looking at Manjaro-ARM on the Raspberry Pi next. I've decided to skip to Ubuntu MATE instead, for one simple reason - although I saw the release ...