Microsoft has joined the Linux Foundation. No, you don’t need to rub yours eyes: we did just write that. The company says it is “joining the Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member to better collaborate with the open source community.” ...
Microsoft just open-sourced PowerShell, making it available for both Linux and Mac. The command-line shell and scripting platform is just the latest open-source friendly software from Microsoft. Microsoft software on Linux All the “Microsoft loves Linux” talk can be a ...
A momentous milestone Aug. 25 marks the 25th anniversary of Linux, the free and open source operating system that’s used around the globe in smartphones, tablets, desktop PCs, servers, supercomputers, and more. Though its beginnings were humble, Linux has become the ...
One of the many things I love about the Linux community is how ridiculously helpful it can be. Like a lot of us, Børge A. Roum has bought a lot of Humble Bundles over the years. And, also like a lot of us, says he was ...
Is the Skype Linux app refusing to connect for you? If so I can tell you that you’re not alone. We’ve received multiple reports from readers who say they’ve been unable to log in to Skype using the older Qt-based Skype for Linux ...
When Microsoft introduced the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) the common refrain was that you could use it to run Linux’s beloved Bash tool but full Linux desktops were out. Turns out that wasn’t exactly true. It didn’t take long for ...
Microsoft’s love for open-source community seems to be increasing day by day. After Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s declaration last year, proclaiming – “MICROSOFT ♥ LINUX” Microsoft has come forward with many contributions to Linux and the open-source community. Some of which are, .NET ...
VLC Chromecast support is finally on the way — and that’s official. The feature addition had been long anticipated, with the VideoLAN development team having tagged support for the streaming technology in its roadmap, forum posts and in media interviews. But, until ...
Pop a cushion on the floor to break your jaw crashing from the following news: for the release of GNOME 3.22 later this year GNOME has actually added a new feature! I’m being a little facetious, of course. But news of ...
A good friend who doesn’t wish to be credited passed on a link to a set of scripts found on github that lay claim to “fixing” touchpad and trackpad issues on ThinkPad laptops running Ubuntu. Sad to say that without a ...
Owners of WordPress-based websites should update the Jetpack plug-in as soon as possible because of a serious flaw that could expose their users to attacks. Jetpack is a popular plug-in that offers free website optimization, management and security features. It ...
Over the past few days, attackers have been exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in WP Mobile Detector, a WordPress plug-in installed on over 10,000 websites. The plug-in’s developer fixed the flaw, last Tuesday in version 3.6, but in addition to updating ...
Automotive Grade Linux could be the answer to today’s woefully fragmented, often frustrating automotive operating-system landscape. A project of the Linux Foundation, AGL is currently focused on providing an operating system for in-vehicle infotainment consoles. But its backers envision an OS that can ...
Microsoft hasn’t updated Skype for Linux since June 2014. In the nearly two years since then, Skype has been falling apart. The Linux client was already behind other platforms, and it’s only fallen further since then. Even the features it ...
Alongside the latest version of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS come new releases from its family of flavors. From lightweight Lubuntu to the marvellous Ubuntu MATE – in this post we look at what’s new in the rest of the Ubuntu family. You’ll find download links for each release below. Please ...