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Welcome to Linux Consultant

This site is a collection of tips, examples and small chunks of code I’ve used over the years as I’ve worked with Linux. Mostly the items found here are for my own use but I’ve made the site public in the chance that it will help other people. If you find something useful please let […]

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New AMD P-State Patch Delivers Major Linux Gaming Performance Boost

by George Whittaker

A newly proposed patch for the Linux kernel’s AMD P-State CPU frequency scaling driver is showing impressive gaming performance improvements, potentially delivering…

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Mobile OS Release: Murena 4.1.1

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Murena is an umbrella name for the /e/OS operating system, associated open source powered smartphones, and cloud-based services. Murena has published /e/OS 4.1.1 which introduces new too…

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FOSS Weekly #26.32: Kittens, Feed Readers, Free Bash Course, No AI in Kernel Staging and More

RSS feed is one way to escape the clutches of algorithms.

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GNOME 50.4 Released! Fixed the App Search issue for Ubuntu 26.04

GNOME 50, the default desktop environment for Ubuntu 26.04 and Fedora 44 Workstation, released its 4th maintenance today. The new version, GNOME 50.4, fixed various crashes, security issues for GDM login screen, and the annoying app search function not working issue. Fix Gnome App Search is not working in Ubuntu 26.04 In my case in […]

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Distribution Release: Soplos Linux 2026.08

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Sergi Perich has announced the release of Soplos Linux 2026.08, a new stable release of the project’s set of desktop Linux distributions based on Debian’s “Testing” branch. It ships with…

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GNOME Boxes Finally Ported to GTK4/LibAdwaita via Version 51 Beta

GNOME Boxes, GNOME’s virtualization software for running operating systems in virtual machines, released the Beta for next 51 version. The new version is finally ported from GTK3 to GTK4 plus LibAdwaita, making its user interface look modern and native in recent GNOME Desktops. This version also switched from SPICE protocol to Libmks, a GTK4-friendly library […]

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15 Advanced MySQL Database Interview Questions and Answers

The post 15 Advanced MySQL Database Interview Questions and Answers first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Much of the MySQL interview prep you’ll find online is based on outdated versions that reached end-of-life years ago….

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15 Advanced MySQL Database Interview Questions and Answers

The post 15 Advanced MySQL Database Interview Questions and Answers first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Much of the MySQL interview prep you’ll find online is based on outdated versions that reached end-of-life years ago….

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Resources beta adds PowerPC temp, AMD NPU stats

Resources 51 beta, the system monitor Ubuntu now uses, adds AMD NPU stats, PowerPC CPU temps and alternative memory-usage metrics.
You’re reading Resources beta adds PowerPC temp, AMD NPU stats, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere …

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Rhythmbox 3.5 lets you sync your podcast listening across apps

Rhythmbox 3.5.0 is out and it now lets you sync podcast subscriptions and listening progress across apps – the standout feature in the music player’s first major release in nine months.  A new podcast plugin ties into the gpodder.net API so …

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KDE Plasma 6.7.4 Released with Improved multi-GPU & Wayland Support

KDE Plasma, the popular Linux desktop environment, released new 6.7.4 bug-fix and stability release yesterday. The new desktop version introduced multi-GPU and display handling improvements, better input, accessibility, and UI consistency, and various fixes across the desktop, KWin, and other components. For computer with multiple GPUs, it now keeps the GPU without any display output […]

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This New Open Source Project Wants to Be the AI-First Alternative to Microsoft Office

Built by a single engineer using open source components, GenOffice bundles editors like Docs, Sheets, Slides, and PDF.

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While Torvalds Makes Peace With AI in Linux, Greg Kroah-Hartman Draws a Line (Sort of)

His new policy keeps AI patches out of drivers/staging, the tree meant for newcomers to learn kernel development.

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Server Statistics and Alerts with Beszel

If you’re managing more than just a few servers, a monitoring system keeps you informed of any issues requiring your attention. Beszel provides a comprehensive solution that’s easy to set up, yet incredibly powerful and flexible.

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Star Labs’ New Linux Laptop

Built for security and efficiency, this recent Linux laptop has a few teething problems.

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The Latest Quirky and Creative Linux Distros

This month we explore Hardenwing 3.5, Redcore Linux 2601, RefreshOS 3.0, and AnduinOS 2.0.0.

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Linux Tools that Help You Manage Your Books and CDs

Whether it’s books or CDs, many of us take pride in our collections. As they grow in size, we need tools to keep track of what we have. Why not use your Linux machine and try out an app that helps you organize?

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Network Administration and Security with Ncat

From simple TCP pipes to encrypted relays and ad hoc services, Ncat modernizes Netcat, the classic Swiss Army knife for network administrators.

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We’re All Just Guessing

AI data centers are on everyone’s mind, and, at least in the public media, the opinions tend to the extremes.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2026-08-05 03:58:58

This month in Linux Voice and Elvie.

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