Linux software repositories have many benefits. But, like what happens in app stores, companies end support for them and your system stops getting updates. Eight years ago, Nokia released a ...

When you install applications on any Ubuntu-based distribution, the apt package manager is utilized -- whether you use the command line or a GUI tool. The apt package manager connects with Personal ...

When I first started using Linux in the late 90s, there was really only one way to install an application. You would download the app, unpack the archive, run the ...

The eza command line program, written in Rust, gives you quality of life features that ls makes you live without. They include details about mounts, Git repository status info, and icons next to files ...

Flathub figures show: More Linux users are installing applications in the distribution-independent Flatpak format.

If you've done any basic networking on the Linux terminal, you probably already know the ping command. Its basic function is ...

What is a Linux repository? A Linux repository is a storage location from which your system retrieves and installs OS updates and applications. Each repository is a collection of software hosted on a ...

Googlers on the Chrome OS repository are working to make finding and installing Linux applications more straightforward, based on recent changes spotted in the commits. The newly added code points to ...

Just a few days after developer Erich Hoover came up with a method for getting Netflix video streaming to work on a computer running Ubuntu Linux, he’s released a simple tool that will install and ...

Posts from this topic Linux diary, chapter one: winging it. Linux diary, chapter one: winging it. is a senior reviews editor ...