OpenChain Offers Open Source Specification, Education, and Conformance OpenChain Specification
May 01, 2017What makes software open source? What obligations does using a free license involve? Answers to such questions are available online but require research to find – or did until recently.
more »The Core Infrastructure Initiative Revisited Core Infrastructure Initiative
Mar 21, 2017How does the Core Infrastructure Initiative fare three years in?
more »Ubuntu Touch Not Dead
Mar 10, 2017Lives on as a community project
more »Time to Ring In Some Changes Secure Communication with Ring
Mar 07, 2017In the last few years, secure text, voice, and video transmission have become major areas of free software development. One of the leaders in this field is Ring.
more »ASUS Announces a Single-Board Computer
Jan 25, 2017The form factor of the board makes it a drop-in replacement for Raspberry Pi.
more »SUSE Working on a New Operating System Called MicroOS
Jan 11, 2017SUSE’s answer to container-centric operating systems.
more »openSUSE Rolls Out 42.2 Leap
Nov 30, 2016New release targets Linux professionals.
more »Cutting-Edge Fedora 25 Released
Nov 30, 2016The Fedora project adds Wayland and Gnome 3.22
more »Subscribe to our Linux Newsletters
Find Linux and Open Source Jobs
Subscribe to our ADMIN Newsletters
Support Our Work
Linux Magazine content is made possible with support from readers like you. Please consider contributing when you’ve found an article to be beneficial.
News
-
Manjaro 26.0 Primary Desktop Environments Default to Wayland
If you want to stick with X.Org, you'll be limited to the desktop environments you can choose.
-
Mozilla Plans to AI-ify Firefox
With a new CEO in control, Mozilla is doubling down on a strategy of trust, all the while leaning into AI.
-
Gnome Says No to AI-Generated Extensions
If you're a developer wanting to create a new Gnome extension, you'd best set aside that AI code generator, because the extension team will have none of that.
-
Parrot OS Switches to KDE Plasma Desktop
Yet another distro is making the move to the KDE Plasma desktop.
-
TUXEDO Announces Gemini 17
TUXEDO Computers has released the fourth generation of its Gemini laptop with plenty of updates.
-
Two New Distros Adopt Enlightenment
MX Moksha and AV Linux 25 join ranks with Bodhi Linux and embrace the Enlightenment desktop.
-
Solus Linux 4.8 Removes Python 2
Solus Linux 4.8 has been released with the latest Linux kernel, updated desktops, and a key removal.
-
Zorin OS 18 Hits over a Million Downloads
If you doubt Linux isn't gaining popularity, you only have to look at Zorin OS's download numbers.
-
TUXEDO Computers Scraps Snapdragon X1E-Based Laptop
Due to issues with a Snapdragon CPU, TUXEDO Computers has cancelled its plans to release a laptop based on this elite hardware.
-
Debian Unleashes Debian Libre Live
Debian Libre Live keeps your machine free of proprietary software.