ZDNET key takeaways Snapshots are a crucial part of keeping your system running.You'll want to install the free Timeshift app ...

Some apps are only available as a Flatpak, in fact, so you have no other choice. So, while I use dozens of apps on my Linux ...

Linare, a seller of cheap Linux PCs, plans to offer a free e-mail service for fans of the open-source operating system. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

Chilliware has released two software packages designed to make Linux-based computers more useful. XFaxtor, which costs $49.95, lets Linux computer owners send faxes using fax modems, a feature that ...

Using Ubuntu Linux to import and edit photos from a digital camera. By J. D. Biersdorfer Companies are starting to see the advantages of being able to do large amounts of computing with technology ...

PC gaming on Linux continues to improve, with around 90% of Windows games now compatible and most working perfectly out of ...

There are fast computers, and then there are Linux fast computers. Every six months, the Top 500 organization announces “its ranked list of general purpose systems that are in common use for high end ...

As Dell Inc. approaches its one-year anniversary of selling laptop and desktop computers preloaded with Ubuntu Linux, the company is continuing to expand the fledgling program to new computer models ...

A flaw in a software-compression library used in all versions of Linux could leave the lion's share of systems based on the open-source operating system open to attack, said sources in the security ...

CISA confirmed on Thursday that a high-severity privilege escalation flaw in the Linux kernel is now being exploited in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. Brian Benchoff is an embedded engineer who has graced us with ...