Features
Customizing KDE Plasma
Beyond Wallpaper
The KDE Plasma desktop environment has so many configuration options, it scares some users away. We look at some of the options to get you started.
RetroShare
Is a private network useful for privacy and security?
RetroShare helps you create a private, decentralized friends-to-friends network with encrypted communications, but how much does that increase security and privacy?
Qubes OS: Build in Security with Virtualization
Bulkheads on the Desktop
Qubes OS compartmentalizes every activity on your desktop in its own VM.
Pi-Top: The Missing Manual
Pop the Top
Follow along as we assemble, customize, and accessorize a Pi-Top kit – the do-it-yourself laptop for the Raspberry Pi.
Conditional Formatting in LibreOffice Spreadsheets
Conditional Formatting
Integrate graphical information beside the data it represents with conditional formatting and sparklines.
Crowd Supply Boosts Open Hardware
Crowd Supply
A small crowdfunding site is helping to boost the growth of open hardware businesses.
Total Recoll
Lost and Found
KDE's unofficial search engine may be the most usable choice of all.
One Document for Multiple Uses
Single Sourcing in LibreOffice Writer
With a little planning and a few LibreOffice tricks, you can create one document that contains text customized for various end users.
Keyboardio
Open Hardware Comes to the Keyboard
Keyboardio is not only one of the first open keyboards, it looks poised for modest profitability as well.
OpenStack, Open Source
The Open Source Model Becomes an Inspiration
If OpenStack is wildly successful, it is because it has learned from open source.
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Linux From Scratch Drops SysVinit Support
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LibreOffice 26.2 Now Available
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Linux Kernel Project Releases Project Continuity Document
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Mecha Systems Introduces Linux Handheld
Mecha Systems has revealed its Mecha Comet, a new handheld computer powered by – you guessed it – Linux.
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MX Linux 25.1 Features Dual Init System ISO
The latest release of MX Linux caters to lovers of two different init systems and even offers instructions on how to transition.
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Photoshop on Linux?
A developer has patched Wine so that it'll run specific versions of Photoshop that depend on Adobe Creative Cloud.
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Linux Mint 22.3 Now Available with New Tools
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New Linux Malware Targets Cloud-Based Linux Installations
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Say Goodbye to Middle-Mouse Paste
Both Gnome and Firefox have proposed getting rid of a long-time favorite Linux feature.
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Manjaro 26.0 Primary Desktop Environments Default to Wayland
If you want to stick with X.Org, you'll be limited to the desktop environments you can choose.