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Not only the Linux distros are open-source but the apps for Linux are also free. Though some business apps come with a cost, most of the apps created for individuals don’t have any charges. Want to know about some of the cool apps to download on your Linux machine? This article walks you through 7 apps to download on Linux to make your life easier. Head over to the next section!

Today, Mozilla published an independent security audit of its Mozilla VPN, which provides encryption and device-level protection of your connection and information when you are on the Web, from Cure53, an unbiased cybersecurity firm based in Berlin with more than 15 years of running software testing and code auditing. Mozilla periodically works with third-party organizations […]

Uri Herrera announced today the release of Nitrux 1.6 as one of the biggest updates to this Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution for the masses.

Red Hat won't support CentOS 8 past the end of the year, but CloudLinux will provide updates and support to CentOS 8 until the end of 2025.

Linux Lite is specifically developed to ease Windows users and more precisely those with old machines into the world of Linux. Linux Lite 5.6, based on the recently released Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS is now available for download. Here’s what’s new.

One of the most popular platforms that allow schools and universities to make the most of the online educational process is Moodle. In combination with ONLYOFFICE Docs, this software lets you deploy a collaborative learning management system in a Linux environment.

Microsoft OneNote is available as part of the Microsoft Office suite. Here’s our recommended free and open source alternatives.

Introduction Why does Linux remain vastly invisible to ordinary folks who make general use of computers? This article steps through the process to move to Fedora Linux Workstation for non-Linux users. It also describes features of the GUI (Graphic User Interface) and CLI (Command Line Interface) for the newcomer. This is a quick introduction, not […]

Varnish is a high-performance web caching server that helps to speed up your website. This tutorial shows the installation of Varnish cache in front of an Apache webserver.

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install ModSecurity with Nginx on Debian 11 with Core Rules OWASP set up and additional other steps included in full.

Wouldn't it be nice to control the general-purpose input/outputs (GPIOs) of the Raspberry Pi remotely with your smartphone? If you can answer the question in the affirmative, I would like to introduce you to a simple way to implement this. Writing this article, I have no specific application in mind, but I can think of combining it with lawn irrigation, any illumination, or a garage door opener. read more

In our previous article, we have seen 20 Netstat Commands (netstat now replaced by ss command) to monitor or manage a Linux network. This is our another ongoing series of packet sniffer tool called tcpdump.

The echo command is a bash built-in to print the output to stdout. This guide explains bash echo command usage in shell scripts with examples.

The team announced the release of the latest version of Linux Lite 5.6 with new improvements, programs, package updates and more. Here's a quick recap and review.

The popular open source office suite ONLYOFFICE Docs 6.4 is now available for the download. Here’s what’s new.

The following tutorial will teach you how to install Fail2ban and do some configurations with full examples and basic tips to get you started on Debian 11 Bullseye.

PostgreSQL is a free and open-source database management system focusing on extensibility and SQL compliance. In this guide, you will learn how to install the PostgreSQL database on Rocky Linux, securing the PostgreSQL database deployment, and basic usage of PostgreSQL queries for managing users and databases.

Today, the Linux Foundation announced that Ent, an entity framework for Go that was developed and open sourced by Facebook in 2019, has moved under the governance of the Linux Foundation to help accelerate its development and foster the community of developers and companies using it. Ent was designed to enable developers to work on complex backend applications. Developers working on these applications faced the challenge of maintaining a codebase used to manage hundreds of different entity types with numerous, complex relationships between them. Ent uses graph concepts to model an application’s schema and employs advanced code-generation techniques to create type-safe, efficient code that greatly simplifies working with databases compared to other approaches.

The Plasma Mobile team announced today the Plasma Mobile Gear 21.08 update with improvements for various apps for the Plasma Mobile desktop environment used on Linux-powered mobile devices.

Laravel is a free and open-source PHP web framework based on the Symfony framework. It is used for the faster development of web applications. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Laravel on Debian 11.