• Ask Klaus

    Klaus Knopper answers your Linux questions.

  • Zack's Kernel News

    Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.

  • Hierarchy

    maddog explains the importance of single-user mode and filesystem hierarchy standards.

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    Beyond Wallpaper

    The KDE Plasma desktop has so many configuration options, it scares some users away. But if you're patient enough to learn the secrets, you'll find some useful tricks for customizing the Plasma user environment.

News and Articles

  • ownCloud Forked

    Founder of ownCloud launches the Nextcloud project.

  • How Free Software Got Its Fonts

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    With the advent of free software for non-programmers, users ran into a licensing dilemma in a world of proprietary fonts.

  • HP Enterprise Unveils a Futuristic Computer

    Will The Machine change the way future programmers think about memory?

  • New Love

    Open Source means more than just giving out a few pieces of code to an Open Source project; maddog explains.

  • Watchful Seller

    We show how to use a screen-scraper and an application for the official eBay API to trigger an alarm on incoming eBay customer feedback and detect errors in the monthly billing statement.

  • On the DVD

    Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit) and Ubuntu 16.04 Mate (32-bit)

  • Hidden

    The VeraCrypt encryption software comes with a handy graphical interface, and the ability to hide a container in an encrypted volume adds a unique professional feature: plausibly deniable encryption.

  • NEWS

    Updates on technologies, trends, and tools

  • Tool Tips

    Under review: Tiny Applications 20130215, CertMgr 0.2.49, Difftree 0.5.8, Scriptform 1.0, Duply 1.11.1, Xplico 1.1.1.

  • Cloud Master

    Synchronizing your data in the cloud is practical, but it's risky if you don't encrypt your data. Desktop encryption utilities offer various levels of security and ease.