Perhaps the most popular of all Linux desktop sites, DistroWatch went down over the July 4 weekend. DistroWatch went down because of an issue with its domain register. This would not be the first ...

Last week the Linux world was surprised to find that DistroWatch was not available at its usual domain name. Many wondered what was happening with the site, and it turned out that it had some ...

DistroWatch is the premiere desktop Linux distribution site. Over the weekend it mysteriously disappeared and is still unavailable at DistroWatch.com as I write this roundup. But you can reach it ...

Facebook has lifted a temporary ban preventing users from posting links to popular OS comparison site Distrowatch – after ...

Also: I've used Linux for 30 years. Here are 5 reasons why I'll never switch to Windows or MacOS In 2001, a website appeared called Distrowatch. According to the site's "About" section ...

Facebook’s bizarre censorship of Linux groups and the wholesome DistroWatch magazine was a mistake, the social notworking outfit has admitted. Responding to reports earlier this week about the ...

Today, Ubuntu has fallen to No. 2, and Linux Mint is the clear winner, at least according to DistroWatch’s popularity rankings. It’s a different landscape now in the world of desktop Linux ...

The problem came to light when DistroWatch, a site that covers the Linux ecosystem, brought up how the mysterious Facebook ban has been stymying discussion about the open-source OS. “We've been ...

It doesn’t have the cachet of widespread familiarity. Then why is it the most downloaded Linux distribution on Distrowatch? A bit of a sidebar: I realize that Distrowatch isn’t the bellwether ...

right now it's desktop only. We compiled this list of distributions based on the top 30 distributions featured on DistroWatch.com the last 30 days. Make sure to visit DistroWatch.com for more details ...