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 me know. Also if you think something I’ve mentioned could be done better I would welcome the feedback.
Read MoreReliving the glory days of the GNOME 2 desktop is but a browser tab away – well, kinda. The personal website of Benny Powers, a software developer at Red Hat, is not a traditional vertical column of text. Nor is it a slop-soup of purple gradients, roun…
Read MoreThe flagship laptop announced at Computex 2026 will feature Nvidia’s new RTX Spark chip with up to 128GB of unified memory.
Read MoreYou can change Android Auto to make the platform unique to you. Here’s how.
Read More6 years of ditching Gmail and I still miss that tiny but handy feature.
Read MoreI spend a lot of time driving. These are the CarPlay apps that make every trip easy.
Read MoreDid you miss this week’s top articles? Here are the five most read articles on FOSS Force for the week that just ended.
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Acer’s new $699 Swift Air 14 is a direct response to the MacBook Neo. Here’s how it compares, by the specs.
Read MoreGNOME 50, the default desktop for Ubuntu 26.04 and Fedora 44, announced its second maintenance update one day ago. The new small version of this popular Linux desktop environment introduced numerous bug-fixes, fixes and improvements for NVIDIA support, as well as its Nautilus file manager and built-in screenshot tool. First, GNOME 50.2 fixed that the […]
Read MoreYou can find, manage, and add blocked numbers from the same place on your iPhone. Here’s where to look.
Read MoreA single cURL command can set you up with a fully themed desktop on top of Hyprland.
Read MoreGNUtrition 0.33 is now released. This marks the first release of GNUtrition since 2012, approximately 14 years ago!
GNUtrition is free nutrition analysis software. The USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies (FNDDS) is used as the sour…
Read MoreVersion 5.5 of GNU direvent is available for downloads. New in this version:
All subprocesses are terminated before exit
New configuration statement: shutdown-timeout
See the NEWS file for more details.
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Terry Fage has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Koozali SME Server 11.0, the upcoming major release of the project’s Rocky Linux-based server distribution fo…
Read MorePrime Day is coming earlier this year, and I’ve rounded up the best laptop deals live now, including the latest MacBooks and gaming laptops.
Read MoreMeet the ‘too good to be true’ portable charger. Here’s my general buying advice for these types of products.
Read MoreThirty years after KDE’s debut, the venerable desktop is celebrating with cake, candles, and a call for community support.
The post KDE Turns 30 and Wants You to Put Some Icing on Its Cake appeared first on FOSS Force.
Your car’s built-in screen may look modern, but Android Auto is still the easier, smarter way to drive. Here’s why.
Read MoreFew smart speakers have assistants with as much potential as Siri. A meaningful upgrade would make the HomePod my first choice.
Read MoreThe smartest way to use AI may not be letting it touch your files, but asking it to write software that handles them safely – in the time it takes to make dinner.
Read MoreApple’s partnership with Google could supercharge its own health suite and wearable. Here’s how.
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