Linus Torvalds does not do subtle. When Laurent Pinchart argued on the kernel mailing list that the Linux kernel still needs a way to set expectations around AI-assisted patches, Torvalds told him to stop using compilers and write his submissions in assembler. He added that Pinchart should skip the text […]
Monthly Archives: October 2026
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A Western University professor wants Canada to stop depending on Microsoft for government desktops and build a national Linux distribution instead. In a paper published online October 6 in Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance, Joshua M. Pearce argues that a Debian-based operating system maintained by a Canadian public body could […]
Epic Games confirmed on October 14, 2026 that Fortnite is coming to Linux. Getting there requires a rebuilt anti-cheat called EAC Linux v2, and it arrives with a long list of conditions: Secure Boot, TPM 2.0, a signed kernel, kernel lockdown and more. Epic hasn’t announced a release date. The […]
Your Linux desktop already has a way to open apps, and it is probably slower than it needs to be. A good app launcher cuts the routine down to three moves: press a key, type a few letters, hit Enter. The better ones also do math, search files, switch windows, […]
Every Linux system boots the same way. The kernel starts, mounts the root filesystem and launches one program: the init system. Everything else on your machine, from the network stack to your desktop, runs because init started it. Most distros ship systemd, and most people never think about it again. […]
XFCE is the desktop you land on when GNOME and KDE Plasma start to feel like too much. It boots fast, rarely breaks, and runs well on hardware that chokes on heavier desktops. But XFCE is only half the story. The distro underneath decides how fresh your software is, how […]
Copy a command, copy a URL, then reach back for the command. Gone. The Linux clipboard holds one item, and the next Ctrl + C replaces it. KDE Plasma is the notable exception because it ships with Klipper. Most other desktops, GNOME included, do not come with a clipboard history. […]
Every alarm, boarding pass and calendar invite on your phone depends on a text file that holds every clock rule a government has ever announced. A UCLA lecturer named Paul Eggert keeps that file current in his spare time, and at least four billion Android phones and iPhones read it. […]
Pick the wrong Markdown editor on Linux and you find out fast. The preview lags, the export mangles your tables, or the app wants a subscription for the one feature you assumed was free. This guide covers the best Markdown editors for Linux in 2026, from the text editors that […]
Laravel and Ubuntu work well together, and the 26.04 LTS release makes the setup shorter than it used to be. PHP 8.5 comes from the default repositories, so the old habit of adding a third-party PPA is gone. Node.js and MariaDB are in there too. This tutorial takes you from […]