Blogs
Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog
Off the Beat is a selection of news, reviews, and commentary about what's happening in the free and open source software community. Events, legal issues, developer profiles, attempts at innovation – all these and more are potential subjects. Bruce wrote the book Designing with LibreOffice, which was released under a Creative Commons License in March 2016. You can buy or download his book at http://designingwithlibreoffice.com/download-buy/. Contact Bruce at bbyfield AT linuxpromagazine DOT com.
Productivity Sauce
Want to make your daily computing more productive and efficient using open source applications and tools? Dmitri Popov's Productivity Sauce provides you with tips, tricks, and ideas on how to get the job done. Contact the author at sauce AT linuxpromagazine DOT com.
Paw Prints: Writings of the maddog
Observations, news, and musings on the Free and Open Source Community around the world by Jon “maddog” Hall, President of Linux International™. Jon has been working with computers since 1969, Unix since 1980, and Linux since May 1994, when he first met Linus Torvalds and facilitated the port of Linux to a 64-bit system.
Email may be sent to pawprints AT linuxpromagazine DOT com.
ROSE Blog: Rikki's Open Source Exchange
Stop by Rikki's Open Source Exchange for dispatches from the world of women in open source. Rikki Endsley examines the experience of women across the spectrum of open source – the people, projects, organizations, events, articles, issues, and news.
Beagleblog
An editor's field report on the BeagleBoard which is a very tiny (2.5x2.5 inches) developer board with a low-power OMAP3530 CPU by Texas Instruments, featuring an ARM core and an additional DSP (digital signal processor) for multimedia applications.
Subscribe to our Linux Newsletters
Find Linux and Open Source Jobs
Subscribe to our ADMIN Newsletters
Support Our Work
Linux Magazine content is made possible with support from readers like you. Please consider contributing when you’ve found an article to be beneficial.

News
-
KDE Linux Alpha Available for Daring Users
It's official, KDE Linux has arrived, but it's not quite ready for prime time.
-
AMD Initiates Graphics Driver Updates for Linux Kernel 6.18
This new AMD update focuses on power management, display handling, and hardware support for Radeon GPUs.
-
AerynOS Alpha Release Available
With a choice of several desktop environments, AerynOS 2025.08 is almost ready to be your next operating system.
-
AUR Repository Still Under DDoS Attack
Arch User Repository continues to be under a DDoS attack that has been going on for more than two weeks.
-
RingReaper Malware Poses Danger to Linux Systems
A new kind of malware exploits modern Linux kernels for I/O operations.
-
Happy Birthday, Linux
On August 25, Linux officially turns 34.
-
VirtualBox 7.2 Has Arrived
With early support for Linux kernel 6.17 and other new additions, VirtualBox 7.2 is a must-update for users.
-
Linux Mint 22.2 Beta Available for Testing
Some interesting new additions and improvements are coming to Linux Mint. Check out the Linux Mint 22.2 Beta to give it a test run.
-
Debian 13.0 Officially Released
After two years of development, the latest iteration of Debian is now available with plenty of under-the-hood improvements.
-
Upcoming Changes for MXLinux
MXLinux 25 has plenty in store to please all types of users.