Desktop News and Articles

Video-on-demand services often don't play well with Linux because they depend on Microsoft's Silverlight browser plugin. Luckily, you can call on the Wine offshoot Pipelight to rescue your next home movie night.

Get started with Booktype, a complete cloud-based e-book authoring and publishing environment that features a plethora of editing and collaboration tools.

Master PDF Editor offers an easy option for correcting small typos and protecting documents against unauthorized access.

Bitwig Studio is the first complete music workstation offered as a commercial product for Linux. Now, Linux finally offers music production software that has, up to now, only been available on other platforms.

Klaus looks at problems with VNC-based shared desktops and a frozen screen with an Nvidia card.

With the right tools, you can store YouTube movies on your hard disk and view them when Internet access is unsatisfactory or unavailable.