Specifically tailored for Raspberry Pi devices, the RasPad provides easy access to most of the Raspberry Pi's ports. While it offers a dedicated RasPad OS, you have the freedom to use standard Raspberry Pi operating systems like Raspbian, Ubuntu, or any other compatible distribution. It's essen...
Our metrics to create device driver additions are pretty simple, it depends on development efforts (adding a part into an existing subsystem is easier than developing a completely new subsystem, or extending something), and popularity of the device (we are much more likely to do something that ...
“Most vendors target Ubuntu because of its popularity,” said Mark Shuttleworth. “Snaps bring those apps to every Linux desktop, server, device or cloud machine, giving users freedom to choose any Linux distribution while retaining access to the best apps.” ...
Manjaro is an Arch Based Linux distribution and is one of the best ones suited to be your daily driver. One of the main reasons of it’s popularity is Manjaro Hardware Detection which detects your hardware types and installs the required drivers for you. It also lets you enjoy the Arch e...
Due to the type of work I do, I have often the need for small (Actually very tiny) VMs that have a functional OS to test certain basic functionality such as connectivity and quick features of automation solutions. While I could use a full blown OS for it, I have always found Tiny Cor...
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So, what's really the most popular? By my reckoning, for end users, it's Android, followed by Chrome OS, with the Debian/Ubuntu/Mint family coming on top of the Linux desktop distributions. That said, Arch and Manjaro are making a desktop move. In the server/cloud world, Ubuntu, foll...
In part I of this blog series, we’ll start by taking a look at the embedded ecosystem, followed by an explanation of Linux’s role in it, and will conclude by explaining the rationale behind the OS growing popularity in embedded systems. In part II, we’ll focus on the most pressing...
for Linux as a whole. Because of the complex nature of the operating system, very few people were using it and it looked very much like it would go the way of OS/2. But when the new crop of user-friendly distributions started appearing, Linux found itself finally gaining some popularity...
Linux distribution, often known as Linux distro, is an open-source operating system that has been built by a large group of developers and programmers. The kernel is the core of the Linux OS. A Linux distribution might include a wide variety of programs, apps, and development tools....