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Those who steaming games would already know about the Discord application and its servers. Well, if not, then it is a popular communication platform designed to provide a medium for gamers to communicate with the masses. It allows them to create and join communities called “servers” where not only chat but even they can share… Read more

Debian is an island of stability and sanity in the constant swirling chaos of Linux and open source. Long may it continue to be. Ian Murdock announced the new distro on August 16, 1993. Three decades later, Debian is arguably more important and more pivotal to the modern Linux world than ever before. The project calls the event Debian… Read more

For when you really, really need to run a Windows program, but you really, really can’t stand Windows. Some days, you really need a Windows application, even if you’re a die-hard Mac or Linux user. For those times, I recommend CodeWeavers’ CrossOver. The latest version, CrossOver 23, based on open-source Wine 8.01, is now available… Read more

A new version to the free (but not open-source) WPS Office is available for Linux. It’s been an age since I last mentioned WPS Office on this blog. The main reason for this is I don’t use office software (and if I even need to, LibreOffice suffices). But I am not everyone; WPS Office has… Read more

Linux shells like bash have a convenient way of remembering commands that you type, making it easy to run them again without having to retype them. Just use the history command (which is a bash built-in) and then use an exclamation point followed by the number shown in front of the command in the history… Read more

What is the Guake top-down terminal in Linux? This article is a quick way to help you get started if you’re looking for the most efficient way to work with the command line on a Linux desktop. On any given day, I will open, use, and close a terminal on the Linux desktop a number… Read more