If reinstalling software feels repetitive, these tools have some ideas.

Some software refuses to die, even when the distro that birthed it does.

Often times when something just works, we tend to take it for granted. I think software package management in Linux is one of those things. It just works. Time and time again I have to help people ...

Package management is at the heart of every Linux system. It’s what makes installing, updating, and managing software on Linux-based distributions not just possible but streamlined and elegant. For ...

I'm interested in installing some sort of package management tool on a Linux from scratch install. Either RPM, YUM, or Apt. I realize I could easily install a distro that includes package management, ...

apt-get, up2date, yum, pkgtool, dpkg, rpm -- we have lots of ways to avoid compiling programs. For the most part, I don't think that it's because we don't like to compile programs, but rather because ...

Fedora 22, the latest version of a popular Linux distribution, is now out. After the year-long development cycle of Fedora 21, which saw Fedora divided into Workstation, Cloud, and Server editions, ...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced the launch of the FAIR Package Manager ...

Systems management startup Aduva is trying to reduce the cost of managing free software. As an open source operating system, Linux is available as a free download or through low-cost shrink-wrapped ...

If you've ever ventured into the dark and mysterious land of Linutopia, where Ubutologists and Debianites reign, you will have noticed that one of the things that Linux users are most proud of is ...