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 ...

The problem came to light when DistroWatch, a site that covers the Linux ecosystem, brought up how the mysterious Facebook ...

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 ...

Case in point: DistroWatch‘s page hit rankings for Linux distributions. I’ve covered DistroWatch’s top 10 at the end of each of the past two years, and the differences never fail to be striking.

Facebook is reportedly removing posts which share links to DistroWatch Other mentions of Linux and open-source OSs also affected Meta says this was an "error" and that it's been fixed Some posts ...

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 ...