Ubuntu's dock is pretty easy to use right away, but when you open the Dash, things get a little more complicated. Mint's menu, on the other hand, is much easier to browse, since it lists all your ...

On Ubuntu, the terminal is one of the apps you'll use the most. And as with other apps, you don't have to stick with the one that came with your system.

Once you've reset Ubuntu to its default settings, you may want to restore the previously backed-up settings if necessary. You can do that using the dconf tool. First, locate the backup file.

Ubuntu is based on Debian, and hundreds — if not thousands — of distributions based on Ubuntu. The Debian Project, created by Ian Murdock, first released Debian on Aug. 16, 1993.

Ubuntu Cinnamon is an official spin of the open-source desktop operating system that makes Linux immediately familiar to any user or skill level. Written by Jack Wallen, Contributing Writer ...

Ubuntu is based on Debian, but they're not the same. To help you choose which to install, we compare support, pre-installed software, release cycle, user-friendliness, and more.

Ubuntu’s normal point releases have become more experimental, which is why Canonical recommends most people should stick with the LTS releases and skip the once-every-six-months releases.

Ubuntu comes with the popular memtest86+ memory-testing utility built-in. This utility will write data to your computer’s RAM, read it back, and check if it’s correct.

Ubuntu MATE setup will now launch. These setup screens are fairly self-explanatory and will be familiar if you’ve used Ubuntu before. Choose your language, Wi-Fi network and location.

We tried Ubuntu 13.10, Linux Mint 16, and Fedora 20 because of their popularity, and then we loaded up SteamOS to test out its recently acquired Intel graphics support.

In the more than eight years since it was written, the open-source operating system Ubuntu's "Bug #1" was seen as a rallying call: "Microsoft has a majority market share." But the entry was ...