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Have you ever installed a program in Linux from an outside source and wished that it had a convenient entry in your desktop environment’s menu? This article explains briefly how to create useful and standard-compliant desktop entries on Linux by using the DeskCut app.

Today the KDE Community releases Plasma 5.24, a Long Term Support (LTS) release that will receive updates until Plasma 6 succeeds it. Here's what's new!

The latest version of the popular mail transfer agent, Postfix 3.7, makes maillog_file feature even more useful. Here's what's new!

Version 4.3 of the operating system comes with Linux kernel 5.16 and uses KDE Plasma 5.23.5 for its desktop environment. Here's what's new!

This guide will show you how to easily install the Slack application on both Ubuntu and Debian, as well as RedHat-based distributions such as AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, and Fedora.

When we think about SQL Server, we always think about it as running on Windows. Starting from SQL Server 2017, you can run it on Linux as well. In this tutorial, we are going to walk through all the steps on how to install Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server command-line tools on Ubuntu.

With five years and seven months in the making, I honestly have had some difficulty believing that this would eventually really happen, but yet here it is. Slackware Linux 15.0 hit the streets on February 3, 2022. Either way, the latest version of the legendary Linux distro led by Patrick Volkerding is available for download.

With this new release, Peppermint OS switches from using LXDE to Xfce as its default desktop environment. Here's what's new!

The Document Foundation has released LibreOffice 7.3, including a large number of fixes intended to compatibility with Microsoft Office. Here's what's new!

Very few Linux distros have the privilege of being endorsed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). One of those distros is Trisquel GNU/Linux. The Trisquel team released Trisquel GNU/Linux 10.0 “Nabia” and we’re going to take a look at it today.

Jerry Bezencon has announced the release of Linux Lite 5.8, a lightweight desktop distribution based on Ubuntu. Here's what's new!

Falkon, previously known as QupZilla, is a KDE web browser using QtWebEngine rendering engine. The previous Falkon 3.1 version was released all the way back in March 2019. Today, almost 3 years later, Falkon 3.2 is out. Here's what's new!

Nitrux is a KDE Plasma + Debian-based Linux distribution which features NX Desktop with Plasma desktop with its own flavor. The latest Nitrux 2.0 release brings a fresh Plasma desktop, the latest kernel, and applications. We round up the release with a quick review.

Void Linux is one of the Linux distributions, wholly independent and entirely developed by volunteers. In this guide, I will be going to show you step-by-step how to easily install Void Linux and set up a fully workable desktop environment.

Every year, everyone is waiting to see what the next version of the most popular CMS on the planet is going to bring. WordPress 5.9 marks the introduction of the next generation of themes that allows greater customization and simpler building.

A 12-year-old security vulnerability has been disclosed in the Linux’s system utility Polkit that grants attackers root privileges. You should obtain and apply a patch ASAP.

antiX Linux is a lightweight desktop Linux distribution based on Debian for 32 and 64 bit Intel-AMD x86 compatible architectures and is fully systemd-free. The project releases its latest bug-fix, updated version antiX 19.5 based on stable Debian 10 "Buster".

Void Linux is an independently developed, rolling-release, general-purpose operating system. XBPS is the default command line package manager tool in Void Linux. Here’s how to use it to install, remove, update, and upgrade packages in Void Linux in a breeze.

SimpleX is an open-source decentralized client-server network that uses disposable nodes to asynchronously pass the messages, providing receiver and sender anonymity.

When using a database, it often happens that developers want to know what’s going on behind the scene. In this short and easy-to-follow guide, we cover how to enable MySQL/MariaDB query logging and save queries to a file.