One year on Linux, two distros, a few tears, four desktop environments, and zero regrets about leaving Windows.

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Got time for a final blast through smaller Linux app updates to round out 2025? There will be plenty of big new releases to look forward to in 2026, no ...

Secure Boot plays an important role in keeping your Windows system safe from rootkit attacks. While traditionally, this feature has blocked many Linux distros from booting—but that isn’t true for all ...

If you've used Windows for long enough, you'll know that it tends to develop "crud" over the months. It accumulates from a ...

Web browsers are among the most essential pieces of software we use daily, yet we often take them for granted. Most users settle for whatever default ships with their devices -- and that's a mistake.

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 ...

With Linux gaming clearly showing it's becoming more popular, and with GOG under new ownership, there's hope yet that GOG ...

Fresh is an easy-to-use and poweful text editor for the terminal. It takes many things we love about modern graphical editors ...

Initially Valve's Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2025 showed Linux at 3.19%, but they appear to have amended ...

I really have too many tray icons. You know the ones. They sit on your taskbar, perhaps doing something in the background or, ...

Open source video editor Shotcut 25.12 adds 10-bit CPU pipeline support, linear color processing, and better hardware ...