Features
Lightweight KDE Desktop Project
KDE Gets a Refit
An openSUSE project called KLyDE plans to streamline the KDE desktop.
Coping with the UEFI Boot Process
New Sheriff
The UEFI boot specification offers new capabilities – and new headaches if you aren’t ready for it. Learn how one Linux user came to a truce with the new sheriff.
Exploring KDE 4.10
Just Before 5
KDE SC 4.10 was released six months after KDE 4.9, adding many new features. In the background, work is in full swing for the next generation, KDE Frameworks 5: a KDE based completely on Qt5 and QML.
Defragmenting Linux
Optimizing data organization on disk
Defragfs optimizes files on a system, allowing videos to load faster and large archives to open in the blink of an eye.
Is Wayland the New X?
Looking into the Future of Display Server Protocols
Display server expert Daniel Stone explains what is really happening with the future of graphical display protocols on Linux.
Gaming with Steam
Valve’s Steam for Linux beta
Steam for Linux finally brings current games to the Linux desktop. Valve has put a lot of energy into the project, but the first steps on the new terrain still look a little shaky.
Kernel Rootkit Tricks
The Spy Within
Rootkits allow attackers to take complete control of a computer. We describe the tricks intruders use to gain access to the Linux kernel and provide guidelines on hardening the kernel against such attacks.
Documenting the OpenDocument Format
An Interview with Jean Hollis Weber
We talk with Jean Hollis Weber, a volunteer with ODFAuthors, the LibreOffice Documentation team, and the Friends of OpenDocument Inc.
Firefox Extensions
Getting More from Firefox
Firefox features many high-quality extensions to help improve productivity, protect your privacy, and more.
HTML5 Offline
Offline-capable applications with HTML5
An offline cache in your browser and a bit of HTML5 acrobatics combine for interactive web applications that keep working even when the Internet connection breaks down.
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Kernel 7.0 Now in Testing
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