Does Ubuntu need anti-virus software? The general answer is no, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't use one to run a check every now and then – use ClamAV.

System76's upcoming Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment promises HDR support, smooth NVIDIA experience, and many other novelties.

With the new Mesa 22.3 release one of the changes for vintage hardware users is the introduction of 'HasVK' as a Vulkan driver forked from Intel's ANV codebase.

'Metagedit' is a powerful plugin for Gedit text editor that adds extra functionality, including encoding detection, tab sessions, line operations, and more.

One of the things that bothers me is how the people in the Linux community (including myself at times) love to label distros as "easy" or "hard." I think those terms are not very denoscriptive. I also think those terms can mislead users. Let's discuss.
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Turn yesterday's corporate computer into today's Pi-like system—with some work.

Download Linux Mint 21.1 beta and help test it ahead of the final release. Linux Mint 21.1 features Cinnamon 5.6, new folder icons, and new settings.

Shenzhen Xunlong Software, the company behind Orange Pi, has introduced a desktop OS of the same name. Mistakable for Windows 11, Orange Pi OS can also be customised to resemble macOS but supports Android, Linux and Windows applications. Orange Pi OS is already…

Explains how to convert video to GIF in Linux, macOS, FreeBSD or Unix using ffmpeg CLI without using 3rd party websites.

Canonical published new Linux kernel security updates for all supported Ubuntu releases to address up to 10 vulnerabilities. Patch now!

Armbian 22.11 is now available as the Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux distribution popular with ARM development boards and supporting a wide range of hardware from different vendors.

Ahead of LibreOffice 7.5 expected to be released in February, today marks the availability of the first alpha build available for testing.

I have no plans to daily drive PopOS but System76 has got some crazy features planned for new rust COSMIC desktop, features that I thought I wouldn't see on ...

Porting Linux to Apple Silicon

Rawtherapee 5.9 is out. New features and expanded camera support ship in this update to the open-source photo editor. Learn more about what's changed.

digiKam 7.9 open-source and cross-platform photo management software is now available for download with various improvements.

You probably know what CRM stands for – Customer Relationship Management. We already have a list of open-source CRM software that helps small businesses.





Here, I talk about an interesting open-source web application that takes the same concept for personal…

Among the early pull requests sent out already ahead of the Linux 6.2 merge window opening next week is a change to enable '-funsigned-char' by default for Linux kernel builds

Carter Hurd has built some pretty cool computers. But this mini PC build is by far the smallest and cutest he has ever undertaken.

The nnn file manager on Linux exists in a terminal only, but it feels like a modern keyboard-driven application with intuitive actions and easy navigation.