Ever wanted to run Linux apps without resorting to dual-booting or VMs? These neat WSL distributions can help you out!

GoboLinux provides a unique file system hierarchy, offering flexibility with multiple versions of the same package. The installation process involves partitioning, which may cause issues, but ...

Another key element that differentiates Linux distributions is the package update mechanism and the frequency of package updates. On Ubuntu and Debian, you use Apt (Advanced Package Tool ...

Snapcraft — the Linux package format Canonical developed for Ubuntu — now works on multiple Linux distros, including Arch, Debian, Fedora and various flavors of Ubuntu, Canonical announced last week.

The distribution locks to a specific version of the Amazon Linux package repository, giving you control over how and when you absorb updates. By default, and in contrast with Amazon Linux 2 ...

This month's Linux distro review isn't of a Linux distribution ... Adding insult to injury, FreeBSD's package servers frequently dipped to 100KiB/s or less, even on large files.

The makers of Slackware Linux, the oldest Linux distribution still maintained ... top of Slackware 15 and based on Xfce 4.16. On the packages front, version 15 also brought on programming ...

The Linux distribution would then be responsible for installing and providing the base software the application depends on. Rather than a package that only works on Fedora 21, you’d get a ...

The subject of today's Linux distro review ... private repository and a few packages to a stock Ubuntu install, it would create and manage its own Ubuntu-derived distribution.

you can install and run it on any Linux distribution that supports Flatpak. These containerized package systems also avoid the dependency issues that come with traditional package managers.

Rhino Linux is a new GNU/Linux distribution ... it’s a pretty nice looking distro, with plenty of customization options and a “meta-package manager” called rhino-pkg that “combines apt ...