May 2026 delivered a sizeable set of Linux software updates, including the set I've rounded up for your reading pleasure in ...

While many operating systems seem to try to prevent you from peeking under the hood, Unix and Linux positively encourage it.

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Amazon just turned a lot of old Kindles into paperweights. If you have one, here's why you should jailbreak it.

Supply chain chaos, old bugs, smarter phishing, and botnets everywhere — here’s what broke the internet this week.

Exposure therapy to the bash shell brought me to the tipping point, and I jumped ship to the Macintosh side of the house. It was a move calculated to give me the best of all possible worlds—a good ...

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You don’t need expensive software for basic PDF tasks. In fact, all you need is a handful of free web-based apps.

I've been using Ubuntu for decades. Whether you're new to the OS or returning to it after a while, these are the essential apps, hidden settings, and useful tweaks you need to know about.

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If you've ever felt anxious about the security of your machine while you wait for a solution to some vulnerability, a proposed change to the Linux kernel may interest you. Pitched by Nvidia staff ...