YouTube-dl Hit With DMCA Takedown By The RIAA
We knew this day would come didn’t we? The day that open source projects come under attack by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It seems we’ve made it to that day because the RIAA have issued a DMCA Takedown on the project youtube-dl on their GitHub repo. Naturally this is done under the […]
Thelio Mega From System76: The World’s Smallest Quad-GPU Workstation
System76 launched their latest product and it is a BEAST! The latest addition to their line up is the Thelio Mega and I know you’re thinking “the original Thelio was nice but why can’t I have 4 GPUs in it”? Now You Can! The Thelio Mega is the world’s smallest Quad-GPU desktop workstation and while […]
Ubuntu Community Council To Be Reinstated
If you’ve been in the Linux ecosystem for long enough, you’ll have experienced the drastic evolution that Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has gone through over the years. From humble beginnings in 2006 to rising to the most popular Linux desktop and cloud distribution in the world, it is safe to say that Ubuntu has […]
Red Hat Launches New Marketplace, Teases Format For Its 2021 Summit
To many people in the technology field, Red Hat is synonymous with Linux and open-source technology. There’s a good reason for that–they’re the largest enterprise Linux company in the world and they don’t just talk about the benefits of open-source–they embody the philosophy…to a T. In fact, it could be said that Red Hat owns […]
Arch-Based Endeavour OS Now Has ARM Images
As more and more devices become built on ARM technology, there has been a dramatic rise in Linux distributions starting to support the technology for single-board computers, mobile, and desktop computers. Of course, Linux as a whole has been leading the charge into the reduced instruction set (RISC) world, of which ARM is a particularly […]
Is Fedora 33 Better With BTRFS? Grab The Beta And Find Out
Is Fedora building a better future for users by adopting BTRFS? Test drive it now with the Fedora 33 Beta.
Zorin OS 15.3 Has Been Released With An Upgraded Kernel
Today, there are many distributions out there that aim to make desktop Linux adoption as easy as possible, especially for new users coming from the proprietary solutions like Windows 10 and macOS. On the front lines of this battle are the wonderful developers over at Zorin OS, who have taken an Ubuntu LTS base and […]
GNOME 3.38 “Orbis” Has Been Unleashed!
After an impressive release earlier this year in March, the GNOME team is back at it with the release of the next iteration of the most popular desktop environment and application ecosystem for Linux and it looks like there is quite a bit to be excited about! Of course, if you are on a Debian […]
Unboxing The PinePhone From Pine64
A couple of months ago I covered a news story here on Front Page Linux about a New PinePhone with 3GB of RAM and USB Convergence Dock and at this point, Pine64 had successfully built the temptation too great for me to resist. I ordered the new 3GB RAM version of the Pinephone with the […]
Deepin 20 Reveals an Intriguing New Design
Whenever a discussion arises about the most aesthetically pleasing desktop for Linux, the Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) is almost always at the head of the pack. The amount of detail and polish that the folks over at the Chinese-based Deepin Technology supply to the Qt-based “face” of their operation cannot be denied–with an air of […]
NVIDIA to Purchase ARM in Unprecedented Acquisition
Well, it appears the rumors were true. NVIDIA has purchased Arm Holdings Inc., the company behind the now-popular ARM Reduced Instruction Set (RISC) CPU architecture, in an unprecedented 40 billion dollar acquisition deal officially announced on Monday, September 14, 2020. Though not a massive surprise since rumors had been circulating about the possibility of an […]
Why GNOME OS Matters More Than You Think
A deep dive into the potential future of GNOME OS, and what it might bring to the Linux ecosystem.
GNOME OS Exists: Here’s What You Need To Know
GNOME OS is now available to the public. But what is it? Should you use it as your daily driver?
There’s Something Different About AMD’s Radeon RX 6000 GPU
Nvidia recently unveiled its RTX 3000 series and the internet hype train is choo-chooing its way full speed ahead for an initial September 17 launch. Not about to have its thunder completely stolen, AMD is starting to tease its upcoming RX 6000 series GPUs, and our first glimpse immediately reveals a welcome feature. What you’re […]
Birth of the Open Source Security Initiative
The Linux Foundation has been an instrumental organization for open-source software all around the world, including paying the man with the plan — Linus Torvalds — to work full time on the development of our favorite operating system kernel. However, the Foundation isn’t really about promoting open-source software — its about building partnerships with the top enterprise organizations that rely on […]
The Next PinePhone Has Been Revealed: Manjaro!
The makers of Linux-first hardware, PINE64, have certainly been busy over the last month. From working on elementary OS 6 support to new products in the Pinecil and PineCube, everyone’s favorite ARM-based device company doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon (just check out their August 2020 update to see!). However, they have […]
iXsystems: Updated Brand & Some Cool New Hardware
When many Linux enthusiasts or IT hobbyists think of creating a personal storage solution with a Network Attached Storage (NAS) system, the first that inevitably comes to mind is the highly-popular FreeNAS. FreeNAS is a free and open-source NAS operating system that is based upon FreeBSD and uses the OpenZFS file system — one of the top […]
How To Use Firefox’s Multi-Account Containers (BEST Feature in Firefox!)
Firefox is my favorite web browser by far and there’s many reasons for that. Firefox has been bringing the Privacy & Security Fire recently and I previously made a video about the 7 Reasons why Firefox is the web browser that I choose. At the top of that list is the most powerful and useful […]
How To Install Lineage OS On Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet
This is a video tutorial to show you how to install Lineage OS onto an Amazon Fire HD! Benjamin, an awesome Hardware Addict sent in an email to the podcast letting us know about it being possible to use an Amazon Fire tablet with Lineage OS. This instantly piqued Wendy’s interest so she decided to […]
Beginner’s Guide: How To Get Started With Element & Matrix
These days it can be overwhelming to select the best software to use because now more than ever, choices are abundant when it comes to software. Messaging and Communications apps are a great example of that because there are so many options out there. What if you’re looking for a messaging app that scale-able and […]
How To Backup Your Devices Easily With Restic
Backing up your files should be easy and simple to operate. Restic is here to save the day and make that possible! Restic is a simple to use command line tool that uses modern encryption and chunking to store your valuable backups on remote stores. You can even back up multiple hosts to the same […]
Google and Canonical Bring Flutter to Ubuntu!
There are few companies that ignite such controversial opinions in the Linux community and Free Software Movement than 1998’s startup-turned tech megalith, Google. Though the company was founded on humble beginnings and one of the most ambitious goals in existence–“to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”–the company has made a […]
SUSE Acquires Rancher Labs
SUSE is a company that has been taking some impressive strides these last few months including helping fight COVID-19 in a variety of ways, a complete rebranding and modernization of the company assets and marketing fundamentals, as well as the release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP 2. However, one piece of recent […]
Linus Torvalds on the Future of the Kernel
At this year’s Open Source Summit from The Linux Foundation, the main event involved a question-and-answer style keynote featuring Linux creator and master maintainer, Linus Torvalds, that included discussion topics curated by VMware‘s Chief Open Source Officer, Dirk Hohndel. There were a ton of topics covered in the 40 minute discussion, but one topic appeared […]
GTK Toolkit 3.99 Released
There has been a lot of anticipation for the release of GTK 4 for the past few years. Partially because the use of GTK 3 completely changed the game for the GNOME desktop environment, but it also added plenty of new features and really has become a modern, mature, and excellent graphical user interface toolkit. […]
Fedora 33 to Adopt Btrfs as Default!
A few years ago, there was one thing I always remember hearing–“Btrfs is not ready”. This was always confusing to me since the decision for utilizing Btrfs as a file system caused the two largest Linux-based enterprise companies to take polar opposite stances. Instead of allowing the file system as an option, Red Hat chose […]
Ubuntu Is Removing “Popularity Contest” Package From New Installs
Ubuntu will no longer be shipping the package known as “Popularity Contest” in the default configuration for new installs of Ubuntu but what does this really mean? Well, not that much actually. I wrote this article to clarify what this package is, what it does, and why the removal of it doesn’t matter. The following […]
New PinePhone with 3GB of RAM and USB Convergence Dock
If you weren’t already excited to get a PinePhone from Pine64 then I think I have the news that will make sure you click the add to cart button right now! Pine64 has announced that Pre-Orders for the postmarketOS Community Edition (CE) is now available. They didn’t stop there because this round of Pre-Orders comes […]
Rolling Rhino: A Whole New Ubuntu World
Over the years, the rolling release style of system updates has been made popular by distributions like Arch Linux (and offshoots like Manjaro or EndeavourOS), Solus, Void Linux, KaOS, and openSUSE Tumbleweed. The idea of static releases comes from a time when Linux was mostly used on servers, however, some people still require having a […]
openSUSE Leap 15.2 Released
The openSUSE project has long been a shining example of how an enterprise Linux solution can be implemented into a free and open source operating system for users who are using desktops or small systems, without the need for official, paid support. The project started in October 2005 as a beta release for SUSE‘s official […]
The Sudo Show: Newest DLN Podcast Hits the Airwaves
When open source technology and enterprise products combine, things can get a bit murky. Over the past two decades, open source software has proven its worth and is now utilized in one way or another by pretty much every business in existence. However, when I think back to pioneers of enterprise open source, my mind […]
Windows Users Can’t Seem to Blame Windows For Its Own Problems
You may or may not be aware but I am one of the Hosts of a podcast called Destination Linux and its a fantastic show! This past episode we had a lot of interesting discussions and one of those was related to a weird obversation we made about how Windows doesn’t seem to get blamed […]
How To Launch A Website with Hugo and GitLab
Have you been wanting to launch your own website? Are you worried about the cost and the barrier to entry for the process? This video will show you step by step on how to setup a website using one of the most popular static-site generators, Hugo, and automating the deployment of the site. This guide […]
Easily Install JACK Audio with Ubuntu Studio Installer
In this tutorial I will take you on a quick tour in the world of Jack audio. I will show you that Jack does not have to be hard at all, and can be used by everyone. At the end of this tutorial, you will have a rock solid Linux distribution, an elegant, modern desktop […]
KDE’s Plasma Desktop 5.19 Released, This is What’s New
After nearly four months of work, KDE has announced the release of the newest major version of its Plasma desktop environment, version 5.19. For quite a while, Plasma has been the go to desktop environment for customization and ease of configuration. Unlike the other full-featured desktop environments available on Linux, Plasma has an option for […]
Qt Theming on Ubuntu and other GNOME Desktops
I recently wrote about how to get a full dark theme on Ubuntu by enabling the dark option in the GNOME Appearance Settings followed by installing the User Themes GNOME extension to set the Yaru-dark shell theme in Tweaks. That covers the desktop shell and GTK+ applications but I forgot one other important aspect. Qt […]
Here’s How To Upgrade To Ubuntu 20.04 — But Should You?
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS was released on Thursday and I covered it here on Front Page Linux. A lot of people are likely wanting to upgrade to the latest version and this article will help you decide whether or not you should upgrade your system or perhaps wait a bit. Whether you should upgrade now or […]
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Arrives, This is What’s New!
Ubuntu is back with a brand new release! Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Focal Fossa, has pounced on the Linux world bringing a slew of new features and improvements to enjoy. In this article, I’m going to show you whats new in this latest version of Ubuntu 20.04 and highlight the most exciting aspects of this release. […]
Multi-touch Touchpad Gestures with Fusuma
Most desktop environments provide basic settings for your touchpad. These are things like tap to click and scroll direction. But what about gestures that you might be used to on other operating systems? There are several ways to go about enabling gesture support but the one I’ve had the most luck with personally is Fusuma. […]
Ubuntu 20.04 Full Dark Mode Guide
Ubuntu has included a dark variant of the Yaru theme for several releases now. The 20.04 Focal Fossa release includes a new feature to easily change the theme from the Appearance section of GNOME Settings. The options allow you to choose between Light, Standard, and Dark options. If you choose the Dark option this will […]
Manjaro ARM 20.04 Released
I have recently become very interested in the Manjaro ARM project because I have been using it for a while on my Pinebook Pro. The new release for Manjaro ARM has me pretty excited for a variety of reasons. The latest release of Manjaro for ARM has images for two different desktop environments: Xfce, Manjaro’s […]
KDE Plasma Bigscreen Hits Beta
What do you get when you combine a TV with Mycroft AI, libcec and a modified KDE Neon image for a Raspberry Pi 4? KDE’s new interface for big screen TVs called KDE Plasma Bigscreen ready for download. It’s compatible with something called Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) which works over HDMI so you can use […]
System76 Reveals Lemur Pro Laptop
Are you in the market for a new laptop? Are you interested in making that laptop a device born to run Linux? If so, then you might want to check out the latest laptop offering from System76. System76 revealed their new 14″ Lemur Pro laptop recently and they are saying it’s the lightest laptop they’ve […]
The Best of Both Worlds: KNOME
The Linux Desktop Environment of Your Dreams is Here! For over twenty years, there have been two Linux organizations working on the desktop experience who have stood above all else: GNOME and KDE. Though once a fierce rivalry to claim the title as the de facto standard in Linux by providing the most innovative, beautiful, and […]
Falling Into a Focal Fossa Frenzy
My Journey Back Home: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS When Mark Shuttleworth, Founder and CEO of Canonical Ltd, made a shocking announcement in April 2017, I almost couldn’t believe my eyes. Apparently, I was not alone, as many in the greater Linux community were just as taken aback as I was. A major piece of what made […]
Customizing the Ubuntu Dock
I made a video recently about customizing the Ubuntu Dock with dconf-editor. This companion article covers the same topics so feel free to read on or watch the video (or both!). The Ubuntu Dock Ubuntu uses the GNOME 3 desktop environment. They include a number of extensions to customize the layout and functionality. In many […]
Snapcraft: Software For All
Packaging software has historically been a sore spot for Linux users over the years. Different distributions use their own package managers (or the package manager of the distribution they are based on), with the big three being the Advanced Package Tool, known as APT (Debian-based), the RPM Package Manager, known as RPM (originally Red Hat-based), […]
Beginners Guide to Virt-Manager (Virtual Machines with KVM/QEMU)
Don’t waste your time with using Virtualbox any longer. Once you watch this video you will be king of virtual machines utilizing the faster and more powerful KVM/QEMU on Linux combo. The best part is that setting it up is an absolute breeze.
GNOME 3: A Journey Like No Other
There may be no other desktop environment in the Linux world that has had as much controversy surrounding it as the GNOME project. The switch from GNOME 2 to the GNOME 3 Shell in 2011 created a rift in the community unlike any we’ve seen before or after. This community uproar was born out of […]
FreeNAS 11.3 Released – This Is What’s New
When it comes to highly scalable network-attached storage operating systems in the open source ecosystem, there is none greater than the highly-popular FreeNAS. Created by Oliver Cochard-Labbé in October 2005 (and later transferred to iXsystems), FreeNAS is based upon the most popular BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) in existence, FreeBSD. FreeNAS is compatible with Linux, BSD, […]