Users don’t usually realize the value of free software they get for free. Things like Linux, LibreOffice, Inkscape, GIMP and a lot of other free software 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 not feel the …

openSUSE is one of the most famous Linux distributions. Starting from version 42.1, openSUSE switched to being based on SUSE Linux enterprise. Meaning that the distribution is using the same code base meant for enterprise. openSUSE releases “stable” images each 8 months called Leap. There’s also a rolling release branch coming from openSUSE called “Tumbleweed”. It has the latest and …

Fedora releases a new version in approximately every 6 months. Each now version is supported with updates for 13 months in total. The distribution is a good place to get the latest stable software and technologies consistently. If you are a new Fedora user, you may be wondering about what to do after installation. The guide will help you through …

Every few months, new statistics about Linux users on desktop platform come out. The methodologies used for each one varies according to its provider. However, they all share one thing: Being wrong. Measuring number of users who use a certain operating system on desktop is totally different thing from servers or other devices. E.g for web servers, you may have …

Debian is one of the oldest and most famous Linux distributions of all time. Its development started back in 1993 by its founder Ian Murdock who passed away in 2015. It’s also known to be the mother-distribution of tens of other Linux distributions such as Ubuntu. Debian has a strict policy on software packages. It only ships free software by …

After around 2 and half years of continues development, the Debian team has finally marked the Stretch release as stable. Releasing it as the current Debian operating system. Debian 9 Stretch was announced as the upcoming development release in November, 2014. As of 17 June, 2017, the distribution was released. The following changes were most noticeable: New Software Debian 9 Stretch is shipping …

Wayland is the new display server for the Unix-like platforms. The development started around 5 years ago in 2012 in order to create a modern alternative for the 30-years-old X display server which doesn’t inherit its issues. The results are “good” so far. GNOME and KDE teams are working on completing their implementations of Wayland and fixing issues with the …

I still remember using openSUSE 11.3 around 7 years ago for the first time. It was the second Linux distribution I used since I converted from Windows. Was awesome. Still so. Unfortunately, the distribution is very underestimated. While most Linux users do know about it, it doesn’t seem to attract very much attention those days. Most of the lights are …

When someone mentions a “free office suite”, probably the first name would be the famous LibreOffice. Which is – indeed – one of the best free office suites out there. However, there are a lot of other alternatives which you can try. OnlyOffice is another cross-platform office suite which offers solutions to create, edit and view many different documents formats. It’s …

Budgie is a new desktop interface built from scratch which focuses on simplicity and elegance. It is developed by the Solus team. It uses GNOME technologies beside their own modifications to give a better user experience. Ubuntu Budgie is an Ubuntu-based distribution which uses Budgie desktop interface as its default. It’s an official Ubuntu flavor. Ubuntu Budgie 17.04 was the first …