I worked at the Southern California Linux Expo for a lot of years, but LinuxFest Northwest was always my favorite expo to attend. Good luck, LNFW, and have fun!

Yep, it's Thursday. Which Linux distro is this week's FOSS Force "Distro of the Week"? Why not review Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon," since it's being released today? Done. Enjoy. fossforce.com/2026/04/ubun...

It's Thursday, a.k.a. "Distro of the Week" day at FOSS Force. This week we let our hair down -- what little of it there is -- and put FunOS through its paces. fossforce.com/2026/04/funo...

Older (68) cis straight male Linux user for 20+ years here, and wondering aloud: Does the distro I use really define my sexuality? Not being an asshole, but asking sincerely. For the record, now a Debian user (BunsenLabs, which is Openbox-on-Debian), and just wondering . . . 🤔

Fucquez vous, Monsieur Gates! 🤣

This . . . ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Narrator's voice: They're essentially the same.

It's Thursday, so this week's FOSS Force "Distro of the Week" is Garuda Mokka Linux, which may take Manjaro's crown in the Arch-based distro department. fossforce.com/2026/04/can-...

This. 100 percent this.

Oh, FFS! Hell will "reign" down on them? Does anyone else miss presidents who could compose sentences that made sense?1

My new tattoo: "Linux is dumbass friendly" 😂 (OK, not really getting a tattoo, but if I did . . .)

As a professional distrohopper, this article, to be nice about it, is complete nonsense. People distrohop for a multiplicity of reasons, and if you've found your ideal distro . . . fantastic. If not, by all means, hop away!

Well, it's Thursday, and time for FOSS Force's "Distro of the Week" by yours truly. This week we go to the Great White North to discover the wonders of Maple Linux, Canada's only distro. It's a good one, and read why here. fossforce.com/2026/04/prou...

Well said, Patrick! As for why I am mot running Slackware, it's because I can't install it to save my life . . . 🤔

As the writer of FOSS Force's "Distro of the Week," I personally wouldn't have it any other way . . . 😁

Who said distrohopping was due to a Linux problem? How about distrohopping for distrohopping's sake?

For No Kings tomorrow, I'm going to be in Boulder Creek, California. Where will you be?

Maybe a little wonky and could be overkill, but here are some good suggestions for your phone use if you're going to No Kings tomorrow. And if you're in the Boulder Creek, California, area, see you there 😀 ssd.eff.org/module/atten...

1/ Something that’s been bugging me in Bluesky posts lately mostly from new #Linux users . . . This is going to be long. Grab some coffee. Ahem. As a Linux user since 2006, here are a few – OK, several – observations for new Linux users going forward: (more)

This week's "Distro of the Week" by yours truly is AnduinOS, remarkably developed by a former Microsoft engineer (!) to help Windows refugees ease into Linux. No small feat there. fossforce.com/2026/03/andu...

This. 100 percent this. (You did mean BSD, and not BSOD, right?)

This week's FOSS Force "Distro of the Week" (by yours truly, of course) is PrismLinux, a no-nonsense and sane Arch-based Linux distro from the Ukraine which offers much, starting with the installer. fossforce.com/2026/03/pris...

Does this give new meaning to "owning the libs"? 🤔

This week's FOSS Force Distro of the Week by yours truly takes a more serene turn with Bodhi Linux 7.0, and it's a winner. fossforce.com/2026/03/our-...

All the cool kids are at #SCaLE23X this weekend. Wish I could have made it this year . . . 😭 #Linux #FOSS

It's Thursday, so it's FOSS Force's "Distro of the Week" by yours truly. This week we take Parrot 7.1 KDE for a test drive, and the home version for this security-based Linux distro offers much. fossforce.com/2026/03/parr...

Not entirely true. 1) Not an expert, and have been using Linux since 2006, and 2) Still relatively sane, as my mother had me tested at a young age.

Written by yours truly . . . (takes a bow)

Yay, BunsenLabs!

I've got the greatest job in the world - test-driving Linux distros (and an occasional BSD) every week as FOSS Force's "Distro of the Week" writer. Today it's Q4OS, a Debian-based Czech distro that, in a nutshell, is a good one on several levels. Read why here . . . fossforce.com/2026/02/q4os...

As many of you already know -- and the rest of you will soon find out -- I write the "Distro of the Week" column for FOSS Force, where I get to spend a week with the Linux distro of my choice. Anyway, FOSS Force is holding a fundraising drive, and here's my pitch . . . fossforce.com/2026/02/how-...

This week's FOSS Force "Distro of the Week" by yours truly is an oldie but a goodie, second only to Slackware in Linux longevity. It's Debian 13 'Trixie' and overall it gets high marks. But don't take my word for it, read on. fossforce.com/2026/02/we-l...

To quote Neil Young, "Rust never sleeps."

Not for nothing, but Happy Valentine's Day for all who need it. 🤔

This week we switched gears and took Lilidog Linux out for a spin in FOSS Force's "Distro of the Week." Openbox on Debian is a winner. fossforce.com/2026/02/hand...

This week's FOSS Force "Distro of the Week" takes a look at Emmabuntus Debian 6 Xfce, which is as close to Linux sainthood as a distro can get. fossforce.com/2026/02/tech...

Writing about a Linux distro with a KDE Plasma desktop environment for next week's FOSS Force. That's not odd, but I have just connected my phone to the laptop using0 KDE Connect . . . WOW!

This. 100 percent this.

This week's #Linux "Distro of the Week" on FOSS Force, written by yours truly, is MiniOS 5.1 Ultra, a Russian distro based on Debian Trixie that packs a significant punch. fossforce.com/2026/01/mini...

This week's "Distro of the Week" on FOSS Force is Manjaro Linux, perhaps the best of the Arch derivatives (and, quite frankly better than stock Arch). Don't take my word for it, read here. fossforce.com/2026/01/arch...

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles

Another week, another Distro of the Week on FOSS Force by yours truly. This week, it's Origami Linux, my first Immutable Linux distro. Enjoy! fossforce.com/2026/01/orig...

Linux inventor

This week's "Distro of the Week" by yours truly is the Spanish distro CuerdOS. Overall I liked it, and read why here. fossforce.com/2026/01/cuer...

Well, was feeling numbness in my hands and arms, so the fireman that treated me suggested I go to the hospital just to be on the safe side. So here I am in Dominican Emergency sheepishly feeling fine. 🥸

First, Happy New Year to you and yours. I hope a.) 2026 brings you everything you wish for, and b.) 2026 is -- finally -- the Year of the Linux desktop. But I digress. Here is the first Distro of the Week for 2026, cloaked in five underrated distros. Enjoy! fossforce.com/2026/01/our-...

Out of the top 25 articles on FOSS Force, 16 were written by yours truly. Not bad, Lar. Not at all bad 😆 fossforce.com/2026/01/the-...

Wondering: Is most (if not all) of anti-Nancy sentiment in the Celtic FC support based solely on racism? The facts: Johnston, CCV, Jota out, no real striker (yet). Then there's the SPFL learning curve. If anything, Nancy is a victim of bad timing & he deserves a chance.

Now that the holidays are out of the way (mostly), here's the FOSS Force's "Distro of the Week" column. Sort of. Next week: Five underrated distros of 2025. fossforce.com/2025/12/from...