#distrobox

#distrobox

KDE Linux was created and is maintained by the KDE team. According to the KDE Linux website, this distribution is 'Designed to be safe, maintainable, functional, and modern, KDE Linux will be the best choice for home use, enterprise workstations, public institutions, pre-installation on computers you can buy, and more.'

The introduction of a hypervisor abstraction layer allows other backend hypervisors to be integrated alongside KVM, evolving KubeVirt into a broader virtualization layer within Kubernetes.

The situation is now more manageable, although the volume of updates remains above the usual level for this phase. Development is proceeding at a calmer pace than before.

When I talk to users looking to make this leap, the first thing I want to discuss is the desktop environment. After all, I'd rather not send Windows users to a distribution that uses GNOME, hyprland, i3, or any other DE that in no way resembles Windows. Recently, I stumbled upon a distribution called VailuxOS that uses KDE Plasma to create a somewhat Windows-esque desktop that would make any user of a Microsoft OS feel right at home.

A few months ago, I decided to breathe new life into a 2019 Dell XPS 15 that had been collecting dust for a couple of years. Despite its (at the time) high-end Core i7 CPU and 32GB of RAM, Windows was frustratingly slow on it. The fan was constantly at full throttle even when the machine was idle, and it regularly failed to install updates.

I've had several incarnations of the self-hosted home lab for decades. At one point, I had a small server farm of various machines that were either too old to serve as desktops or that people simply no longer wanted. I'd grab those machines, install Linux on them, and use them for various server purposes. Here are two questions you should ask yourself:

I recently wrote about my migration away from VirtualBox to KVM/Virt-Machine for my virtual machine needs. I've found those tools to be far superior (albeit with a bit more of a learning curve) than VirtualBox. Since then, however, I've found another method of working with KVM (the Linux kernel virtual machine technology), one that not only allows me to create and manage virtual machines on my local computer, but also from any machine on my LAN. That tool is Cockpit, which makes managing your Linux machines considerably easier.

Because of that, you need to be very familiar and comfortable with the command line. Or you can install a desktop environment. In my opinion, this is the single easiest way to make Ubuntu Server easier, especially if you're relatively new to Linux. Having a GUI desktop will strip away the fear of having to use the command line, because you'll have plenty of apps to use (such as the file manager, user manager, GUI app store, and much more).

Ring the bells, sound the trumpet, the Linux 6.19 kernel has arrived. Linus Torvalds announced that "6.19 is out as expected -- just as the US prepares to come to a complete standstill later today, watching the latest batch of televised commercials." Because while the big news in Linux circles might be a new Linux release, Torvalds recognizes that for many people, the "big news [was] some random sporting event." American football, what can you do?

Every time I've had to install Windows (which is a nightmare), it seems there's always work to do to get it working as needed. You may need to install drivers and software, remove ads, update the system (which can take a long time), remove bloatware, tweak the UI, disable taskbar and lock screen widgets, disable system notifications, enable system protection, and more.

Origami Linux was conceived in 2021, which makes it relatively new for an operating system. The goal behind this distribution was to create something beautiful and secure. To achieve that, the developer decided to take the COSMIC desktop and marry it with an immutable Fedora base. That's not all. Also: The best Linux laptops in 2026: Expert tested for students, hobbyists, and pros You could also opt for an Arch base that includes the CachyOS kernel, or a version created specifically for NVIDIA GPUs.

Industry professionals are realizing what's coming next, and it's well captured in a recent LinkedIn thread that says AI is moving on from being just a helper to a full-fledged co-developer - generating code, automating testing, managing whole workflows and even taking charge of every part of the CI/CD pipeline. Put simply, AI is transforming DevOps into a living ecosystem, one driven by close collaboration between human judgment and machine intelligence.