You hear declarations every year about the long-told "year of the Linux desktop" arriving this year, having arrived years ago ...

The OS comes with all the basics, like image editing tools, browsers (including Tor Browser for privacy), and even a chess ...

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Which Linux distributions will rise above the competition in 2026 to dethrone the old guard? These are my picks.