Linux history is full of projects that thrived for years before their stewards walked away. Some faded quietly, others ended ...

Just because something is popular doesn’t mean it’s good.

At the same time, the list of Linux distributions that get the most attention tends to remain fairly stagnant. If you follow the DistroWatch Page Hit Ranking list, you can almost guarantee you’ll see ...

Unless it's Nirvana, it's no easy task choosing the best albums from the biggest alternative rock bands of all time. But it's a challenge we are willing to take. What "alternative" means has certainly ...

Amazon is arguably king of the castle when it comes to ereaders. Its range of devices are beloved by millions, the Kindle Store is the most well-stocked ebook marketplace in the world, and ...

The DistroWatch site is celebrating its 25th anniversary. "All in all, it has been an incredible ride. Many of you who read these pages regularly know that downloading and testing distributions is a ...

Social community platform Discord is preparing to require users to verify their age by the second half of 2026, and users are concerned about the privacy of uploading a government ID or face scan to ...

From the outset, Bluesky presented itself as “social media as it should be.” CEO Jay Graber recalls a 2020 Matrix chatroom Q&A in which Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey described the goal as “a durable ...

The Cure have won Best Alternative Music Album for Songs of a Lost World at the 2026 Grammys. They beat out the category’s other nominees Bon Iver (SABLE, fABLE), Hayley Williams (Ego Death at a ...

Starlink may be the next frontier of internet technology. A part of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Starlink introduced a new kind of satellite internet in 2015 with a "constellation" of small, low-orbit ...

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) has long been the best-known Photoshop alternative. Its wide range of functions, robust layer management, and extensive set of filters come very close to the ...