Ubuntu might be considered the face of Linux, but that doesn't mean it's the best distro. In fact, some of Ubuntu's own spin-off flavors offer tools and features that can make them better suited for certain users and use cases. Here are three such Ubuntu flavors that can actually outperform the original.

Unbelievably, the second week of December is already here. Whether you're scrambling to buy presents or cozy inside with a mug of cocoa, you deserve to treat yourself to some movie watching.

Before the deluge of Christmas movies descends upon us in the coming weeks, I thought I would dig deep into Paramount+'s lineup of December titles for a handful of decidedly non-holiday flicks for this week's movie night.

I’ve been using an iPhone for years, and I’ve gotten used to the kind of seamless integration Apple builds into macOS. My Mac mini instantly picks up texts, calls, photos, clipboard data, and everything else my phone wants to share. It all just works. But when I’m at my desk for work, I’m usually on Windows, and that same level of continuity simply isn’t there. That’s why I finally decided to try out Windows Phone Link. I wanted to see whether it could bring even a little bit of that Apple-style integration into my Windows workflow.

Are you sitting bored at your Linux machine and looking for a quick gaming session? Tired of playing those online card games that bombard you with ads or push microtransactions? Well, here are five open-source card games that are completely free and deliver a fun gaming experience.

As we cruise into the second week of December, I continue to cruise Amazon Prime Video for the best movies to watch. This week, I’m taking you deep undercover into the world of improv comedy with Bryce Dallas Howard and Orlando Bloom, then we’re going back to college with a very funny Tom Hanks circa 2011. After that, it’s a gritty Western featuring a fierce Peter Dinklage followed by a must-see, award-winning post-apocalyptic film. Lastly, we’ll join an amazing race to save a kidnapped Santa Claus.

An AWS outage recently took out Trello and for an entire day, people weren’t able to access their projects and tasks. The good news is you don’t need a Trello account just to have a Kanban board for you or your team. Instead, you can self-host a Trello alternative on your computer or homelab and protect your work from cloud outages.

I'm not a fan of gaming headsets, so for the Razer BlackShark V3 Pro to impress me enough for me to recommend it to you is no small feat.

Subscriptions are the new cable, and if you're not careful, you might find that your subscription costs wind up creeping higher than any cable subscription ever did.

Linux is generally less prone to malware than Windows, and so long as you're careful about the commands you enter, Linux systems tend to age much more gracefully than Windows systems. However, no system is truly immune to malware, and blindly following instructions online can easily break something on your system if you're not cautious. That is where immutable distros can save the day.

Windows has a vast ecosystem of its own apps, but many of my current favorite apps for Windows actually started their digital lives on Linux. If you're looking for a few free or open-source alternatives to your conventional Windows apps, some of these options are a great place to start.

Hot take: 1TB SSDs are fine for some people, but not for most people. Not anymore.

One of the most anticipated television events of the year has arrived—well, at least part one of it has—and with it comes the return of our favorite monster-fighting 80s teens. It’s been a long three-year wait, but Stranger Things season five has begun. The only bummer is that it’s dropping in three volumes. While we'd all love for the final season to drop at once, we must be patient.

We all know and rely on the glorious copy-paste shortcut. Seriously, imagine having to right-click to copy and then right-click to paste every single time you need to move a snippet of text. Frustrating, right? It completely breaks your rhythm!

There are some features that are easy to immediately dismiss as gimmicks. Then, over time, they start to make sense. Apple’s "Personas" are one such feature, one Samsung and Google seriously need to imitate.

Today, downloading a free Unix-like system for a PC or a single-board computer like a Raspberry Pi is routine. In the late '80s and early '90s, as computer hardware improved, these systems brought Unix power down from minicomputers and workstations to the personal level before the arrival of Linux.

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat. Most of my friends and relatives know that I'm a self-confessed geek and will often buy me tech gifts that they're sure I'll love. Sometimes, however, they would have been better off saving their money. If you're looking to buy something for a tech lover, please don't get them these gifts.

If you’ve ever had to reinstall everything on your Mac, or even on a second machine, you’ll know what a struggle it is. Even keeping track of what’s installed can be a pain if, like me, you’re constantly trying out new software.

Streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music give you access to hundreds of millions of songs, but they're quite restrictive in how you can use them. They may not include some of the music you want to listen to, and you may not be able to play those streaming services through some of your speakers. Music Assistant allows you to play music from a wide range of sources on almost any speaker in your home.

Driving today is all about balancing focusing on the road while trying to handle all the other things that happen when you are navigating busy streets. Waze understands that the best way to make roads safer and get the most efficiency is by letting drivers chat with the app.