Firefox Is Currently Facing A Major Bug In Connection [Fixed] Users of the open source web browser have started to report a bug on various online communities where the browser simply can’t establish a connection to any website they wish to visit. Even when they try to close the browser, it hangs and keeps running in the background. No official statement from Mozilla is released […] January 13, 2022January 14, 2022
Adjusting NordVPN Settings on Linux NordVPN is one of the most common VPN providers in the world. They have a Linux version which works on both RPM-based and Debian-based distributions. Sadly, they do not provide a GUI client for Linux, only a command line interface. That’s why it could be tricky to adjust NordVPN settings on Linux. How to Adjust […] January 12, 2022April 30, 2022
MX Linux 21 Is The Best Linux Distribution Of 2021 As is tradition, each year at FOSS Post we take a tour around Linux distributions released during the year, and compare them to see which one was best suited for Linux desktop users. There is no universal “best”, of course, and things are quite subjective and debatable around that term. But in our selection, we […] January 1, 2022January 2, 2022
Linux vs macOS: 5 Reasons To Choose Linux Over OS X macOS (Previously OS X) is the default operating system for desktop and laptop computers from Apple. It is a proprietary operating system that only works on Apple hardware by default. Users, however, can choose to install Linux on their Apple computers if they wish to. The process is so simple and straightforward, and almost identical […] December 28, 2021December 28, 2021
Top 7 Open Source eCommerce Platforms Open source software have been fantastic in solving a lot of business use cases. For example, we have open source ERP solutions, open source project management tools, open source survey software and much more of other use cases. All of these cases share the same benefits open source brought to them, and in today’s article […] December 21, 2021July 21, 2022
People Should Really Be Thankful For Open Source Software Developers Users don’t usually realize the value of open source software they get for free. Things like Linux, LibreOffice, Firefox and basically every programming library may be essential in the daily life of each of us. However, we may not actually feel “pleasure” for those software developers who provided us with all of this. They may […] December 16, 2021December 16, 2021
Open Access: What is it & Why It’s Important For Science Open Access is a publication model that allows anyone to use and access scientific papers produced by an academic journal or publication. Historically, interested readers (Researchers, students… etc) need to pay for a subscription if they want to access the scientific papers produced by an academic publication, or they may need to pay the access […] December 13, 2021December 13, 2021
5 Honest Reasons To Avoid Switching to Linux Linux has been a wonderful operating system for many people. It’s free, it’s open source, it’s customizable, secure and much more. We, like many other open source enthusiasts around the world as well, have been trying to convince people to switch to Linux from Windows for many reasons. These reasons should be all known for […] December 7, 2021December 7, 2021
Windows vs Linux: 7 Reasons to Switch to Linux The view that Linux is a server operating system only is an outdated view. There are hundreds of Linux distributions designed specifically to be beneficial for the average desktop/laptop user, and it is perhaps time you consider switching to Linux from Windows. When we talk about switching to Linux, we talk about using distributions like […] December 4, 2021December 6, 2021
Linux is Everywhere: 5 Places Where You Didn’t Know It’s There Have you every wondered where is Linux? What key sectors does it power and in what areas is it commonly used? Many people, to this very day, think that Linux is nothing more than a server operating system for advanced users, and nothing more. But that’s not true. Linux can be found in unusual places […] November 28, 2021November 28, 2021
Linux Mint vs Ubuntu In Less Than 10 Minutes Who wins a battle between Linux Mint vs Ubuntu? Which one is better? Ubuntu is the most famous Linux distribution in the world. Its development started back in 2004. It is based on Debian distribution, which is why Ubuntu also uses the dpkg packaging system (And .deb package format) along with the apt packager manager. […] November 25, 2021December 7, 2021
5 Years Later, Unity Desktop Is Forming an Accidental Renaissance It has been 4 and half years since Canonical announced their decisions to drop Unity desktop for GNOME, drop the convergence experience and shift focus towards the cloud and IoT devices. The Linux community reactions back then were mixed. Some people liked GNOME and some people didn’t. Those who didn’t switched to other desktops such […] November 20, 2021November 20, 2021
6 Top Open Source 3D/2D Animation Software Proprietary software solutions have dominated the 3D/2D animation landscape for most of the last 30 years. The animation software area is one of the sectors where proprietary solutions are gatekeeping the entire industry; it takes tens and hundreds of dollars to get a good working software, and hence, individual animators or small-sized studios don’t even […] November 20, 2021November 20, 2021
Unsplash Wallpapers is an Unsplash Desktop Open Source App You may have heard about Unspalsh; a very famous online service that provides high-quality images and wallpapers under a semi-open license. Unsplash is important for website creators, app designers and basically anyone who wants to get free wallpapers without having to deal with licensing issues (No attribution required, and even commercial usage of Unsplash images […] November 17, 2021November 18, 2021
