Linux commands often have long lists of options they support, many of which are single-letter mnemonics. These can be tricky to learn and remember, but their redeeming feature is their reusability: ...

People may joke about “the year of the Linux desktop” always being some five years into the future. But for a whole clutch of PC vendors who sell Linux as a standard preloaded OS on their systems, ...

For the longest time, Fedora was a distribution best used by those with plenty of Linux experience. It was a bleeding-edge operating system, which meant it shipped with all the newest software. That ...

Now let's suppose that we have 3 different configuration options that we would like to be able to enable at build time: OPTION_A, OPTION_B, and OPTION_C. So, we want to be able to configure the ...

In August 2015, IBM announced LinuxONE (www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/47474.wss), anchored by two new Linux mainframe servers that capitalize on best-of ...

For some time now I have gotten a slow but steady volume of requests that I write about UEFI firmware and EFI boot relative to installing and maintaining Linux. As a result of a casual comment I made ...

Budgeting apps come in all sizes and shapes. Budget apps for Linux are part of a software category that has been all but abandoned. But take heart. Several Web-based solutions will more than meet your ...

Chromebooks, known for their lightweight design and cloud-centric approach, have gained immense popularity due to their user-friendly interface and seamless integration with Google applications.

EndeavourOS is a rolling release Arch Linux-based distribution with some handy new features that improve the user experience. EndeavourOS first appeared last summer. This latest version, the third ...

Windows and Mac users may already be familiar with Splashtop’s Streamer remote desktop software, but until just recently Linux users didn’t have that option for accessing their PCs from a mobile ...