One of the many things to consider when looking for an alternative operating system is whether or not there are the right apps to help you continue to be productive. No matter how secure or reliable ...

Before you “just switch to Linux,” know this.

It seems scarcely a year can go by in the world of computer technology without some eager blogger or another grandly proclaiming the death of Linux on the desktop. Here at PCWorld alone, we saw it in ...

Dirty Frag, a critical Linux kernel zero-day vulnerability with no patch and giving hackers root, has gone public after an ...

If you’ve ever wanted to attempt an installation of Arch Linux, now’s the time. Jack Wallen introduces you to the handy new text-based installer tool. Arch Linux is known as an operating system for ...

As much as I extol the variety that Linux offers, I’ve done a bad job of enjoying it. Sadly, playing with new distributions usually gets bested by competing priorities. Not today. A browse through ...

Creating a lock file (say, in /tmp) is a common approach. On launch, check to see if the file already exists. If it does, exit. Otherwise, create it and continue. This can lead to problems if your app ...