For many riders, electric bikes have made everyday cycling feel possible again. They take the edge off steep hills, make ...

rlxOS is an immutable Linux distribution that is available now and shows real promise but has real issues. It offers a lovely take on Xfce and offers high performance for new and old hardware. Plagued ...

In a nutshell, it means the OS's foundation stays untouched, with changes happening around it rather than inside it. While ...

Immutable operating systems are the way of the future. Aurora is an immutable distribution based on Fedora. Aurora is free to download and install. I've gone on and on about immutable operating ...

I've done some reading about immutable Linux distros and, well, I guess I don't get what all the fuss is about. The idea seems to be to 'harden' a system by making it hard to modify, but. . . Isn't ...

[Update, 2:00 pm ET, May 31: Ubuntu published a blog post about its Ubuntu Core desktop work after this Ars Technica post was published. Noting that Snaps “are a little famous for having some rough ...

Over this series test-driving operating systems, we’ve tried to bring you the unusual, the esoteric, or the less mainstream among the world of the desktop OS. It would become very boring very quickly ...

Flatcar was one of the projects that caught my eye at KubeCon this year. What I found interesting about it is that it is a Linux distribution tailored to run containers. This means that the developers ...

This article explores how modern DevOps teams are redefining stability and reproducibility in production environments by embracing truly unchangeable operating systems. It delves into how NixOS’s ...