| by Arround The Web

FreeBSD Promises a Full Desktop Installer

FreeBSD has lacked an option to include a full desktop environment during installation.

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| by Scott Kilroy

How Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap are changing software distribution

Modern-day package systems solve some problems posed by classic formats like DEB and RPM. We look at Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap and describe how they differ.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-07-28 11:06:33

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on isolating patch submissions by type, and quantum security.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-07-28 11:06:29

Nate explores the top FOSS including the latest bookmarking service, a fish-themed maze game, and some promising offerings from Microsoft.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Custom-built security tools

The Debian-based Securonis Linux features a comprehensive set of graphical security tools. We talk to its creator about some of its custom features.

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| by Scott Kilroy

The Kettle Boils

Several years ago, the Linux crowd was spending a lot of time waiting for Linux to arrive and explode onto the general PC consumer market. Every year was supposed to be "the year of the Linux desktop." Ubuntu, in particular, had grand ambitio…

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| by Scott Kilroy

Project automation with the Just task runner

Just is a command runner that lets you define project-specific tasks in a declarative justfile.

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| by Scott Kilroy

A next-gen CoW filesystem enters the mainline

Bcachefs is a next-generation Linux filesystem that merges into the kernel, offering a feature-complete, high-performance copy-on-write design for scalable, reliable storage.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Build a Long-Range Sensor Network with  ChirpStack

ChirpStack’s LoRaWAN implementation lets you set up long-range wireless traffic for sensors even if you are far from a WiFi access point.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-07-28 11:06:01

In the news: CachyOS Now Lets Users Choose Their Shell; Wayland 1.24 Released with Fixes and New Features; Bugs Found in sudo; Fedora Continues 32-Bit Support; ONLYOFFICE v9 Embraces AI; Two Local Privilege Escalation Flaws Discovered in Linux; New TUX…

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| by Scott Kilroy

Integrated security with Wazuh

This versatile security app checks for vulnerabilities, watches logs, and acts as a single interface for other tools.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-07-28 11:05:58

This month in Linux Voice and Elvie.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Updating an offline Debian system

This new utility lets you update a system that is not connected to the Internet.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Extend the power of the prompt with this  versatile terminal multiplexer

What’s better than one command line? Many command lines that never die. Take the terminal to new places with Zellij.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Student support in Brazil

Free software, and the FOSS community, can help technology students get the education they desire in Brazil and elsewhere.

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| by Scott Kilroy

An AI coding and terminal agent

The Warp AI agent takes the guesswork out of working at the command line. We show you how to build a simple website with one prompt.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Find your photos with Go and Fyne

To help track down a particular photo, Mike Schilli often turns to his cellphone’s geosearch function. Replicating this functionality with Go and Fyne turned out to be a trouble-free experience.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Organize self-hosted services with Homepage

Simplify the chaos of self-hosted services with Homepage, a customizable dashboard with widgets that put service statistics at your fingertips.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Creating a playground for GRUB 2 on VirtualBox

The GRUB 2 boot manager might seem intimidating at first glance. All the more reason to spin up a virtual playground so you can practice.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Create an indie games studio with free software

Open source software can provide every tool you need to create an independent game.

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