This disruption created a vacuum, and the Linux community quickly stepped up to fill it.

Ubuntu is clear in its intentions: Ptyxis will become the standard terminal for upcoming releases, including the long-term ...

Under Wayland, GNOME 48’s fractional scaling is seamless, reverting tearing and flicker to distant memories. If you’re still ...

Reactions across forums and distro communities have been largely favorable. Fedora, which typically adopts GNOME changes quickly, shipped Loupe as its default almost immediately. Ubuntu was more ...

This week I'm your straight reporter bringing you news of of updates, upgrades, and new releases in the world of Linux audio software. Development in this world is continuously productive, so I'll ...

Mobile app development for smartphones is hot. This is no more prevalent than in the Android space where the activity level oftentimes is frenzied. However, when it comes to building a “real” Android ...

Introduction Privilege escalation in Linux has always walked a tightrope between convenience and risk. sudo allows users to perform tasks as root without sharing the root password—intuitive, ...

Flatpak promises a secure runtime for Linux applications through container-like isolation, relying on bubblewrap namespaces, syscall filtering, and portal interfaces. In theory, each app should ...

We always are looking for contributed articles. Only by accepting articles from a variety of Linux users involved firsthand in the projects they write about can we do justice to the many areas in ...

One of the least understood features of OpenOffice.org is graphics text. People understand vaguely that it differs from regular text, but exactly how it differs or why anyone should care is mostly ...

Privacy pertains to the person; “privacy” is the state of being free from public attention and unwanted intrusion. Data is not privacy, but data from or about a ...

It seems nearly impossible these days to open a news feed discussing anything technology- or finance-related and not see a headline or two covering bitcoin and its underlying framework, blockchain.