I've used one Linux desktop or the other for decades now. But, I'm a Unix and Linux expert. For most people who just want a desktop and its applications to just work -- thank you very much -- the ...

NewsFlash is an excellent app for staying on top of the news. The window is adaptive, so you can go full-screen or read in a ...

Homebrew is a free, open-source package manager for Linux and MacOS that simplifies the installation and management of software. Think of Homebrew as a command-line version of the App Store that ...

Flathub figures show: More Linux users are installing applications in the distribution-independent Flatpak format.

Why it matters: Linux has become the backbone of many technology standards and software products. In the traditional desktop space, however, the open-source kernel is anything but a successful. If the ...

While seasoned veterans of Windows and the Internet at large will have a reverence of sorts for installing things manually via .exe and .msi, the Microsoft Store is better than having nothing at all.

For decades, Linux distributions have relied on native packaging formats like DEB and RPM to distribute software. These formats are deeply integrated into the Linux ecosystem, tied closely to the ...

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