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You can revive your aging PC with a lightweight Linux distro such as Puppy Linux and Linux Lite. But which one should you choose?

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Chilliware has released two software packages designed to make Linux-based computers more useful. XFaxtor, which costs $49.95, lets Linux computer owners send faxes using fax modems, a feature that ...

Quilter's AI designed a working 843-component Linux computer in 38 hours—a task that typically takes engineers 11 weeks. Here's how they did it.

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Dell Computer has ceased shipping Linux on its desktop and notebook PCs. Citing slow demand for the operating system on client PCs over the last several quarters, a Dell spokesman said the PC maker ...