GNU/Linux Articles by Jack Wallen and The Register MS

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 22, 2025

• ZDNet ☛ How much RAM does your Linux PC need in 2025? A distro verteran's expert advice

  I'm not going to start this with a "back in the day" because it's too easy and obvious. Besides, it's time to live in the now, and today's rules and needs are not the same as they were 10, 20, or 30 years ago.

  Modern Linux is powerful, flexible, stable, and secure. With the exception of some of the more lightweight Linux distributions, it's also far more resource-dependent (just like all modern operating systems).

• ZDNet ☛ Can a Linux laptop really replace my MacBook? This one is surprisingly close

  I love a good laptop or desktop that comes pre-installed with Linux. It's even better when said hardware is equal parts beauty and power. When German company Tuxedo Computers pitched me the InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen 9 to review, I knew it would be something special.

• The Register UK ☛ Linux admin hated downtime so much he schlepped a live UPS during office move

  The working week can be burdensome, so each Friday morning The Register tries to lighten the load by bringing you a new instalment of On Call, the reader-contributed column in which you let go of tech support stories that weigh on your memory.

  This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Bobby" who told us about an old friend of his who he suggested we refer to as "Peanut."

  Peanut was a Mac tech by trade, and a Linux user by inclination.

  Those affiliations combined into a fanatical appetite for unbroken uptime.