Skype for Linux Alpha is based on the Skype for Web website, which Chromebook users can now use for voice calls. It works in web browsers on Linux, too. However, Microsoft isn’t just shrugging its ...

The Android Linux Terminal app is now widely available for Pixel users running the March 2025 update. The Debian-based environment allows users to carry a fully fledged Linux instance with them, ...

When most people talk about killer applications they mean applications that will drive adoption. Taken literally, however, the phrase means the opposite: an application that kills adoption. There's a ...

NVIDIA has confirmed plans to release a native version of GeForce Now for Linux, marking a notable shift in the company’s ...

Unikernels are a smaller, faster, and more secure option for deploying applications on cloud infrastructure. With NanoVMs OPS, anyone can run a Linux application as a unikernel with no additional ...

One of the cooler changes from Cinnamon 6.6 is the remixed application menu. It's a pretty big deal because the application ...

I hate to admit it. I don’t really use Linux on my desktop anymore. Well, technically I do. I boot into Linux. Then I do about 95% of my work in Chrome. About the only native applications I use ...

Some Linux stories are about things in the public realm, and y'all jump in with comments. Other Linux stories are about small, private things, and I don't hear from y'all at all. This is probably one ...

Creating a .desktop file in Linux allows you to launch applications directly from your desktop or start menu, enhancing your productivity and user experience. This guide will walk you through the ...

Ars was at FOSSCamp this weekend. Think of FOSSCamp as an "un-conference" without a set agenda where the minds behind open source projects get together and plot world domination (and, err, ways to ...