For my operating systems computer science class we HAVE to use a C++ compiler in unix. Since I live off campus I would really rather set up my own linux box to do the work. I've never used unix/linux ...

Of course, in the real world, at least for now, most people are coming from Windows. Which means you can have distros that ...

The reason why Linux distributions are called "distributions" in the first place is that each distro is a collection of the kernel plus any of a number of software packages, distributed together.

The popular Linux Mint distribution has decided to compile and package the open source Chromium browser on its own, instead of relying on upstream versions from Ubuntu or Debian. The move is the ...