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 ...

This tool works just as well on Linux as it does on macOS, offering consistent workflows, user-space installs, and ...

On Windows, applications are most commonly installed through executables downloaded from the Internet, but on Linux, that's done through packages. While packages are treated quite similarly to ...

In the realm of Linux distributions, Debian stands out for its stability, security, and rich repository of software packages. Managing these packages efficiently is fundamental to maintaining system ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Every popular Linux distribution ships with some sort of ...

As I've mentioned before I'm an openSUSE user, and as long as they don't make the "U" lower case again, I'll probably stick with it. When it comes to package management, OpenSUSE and SUSE Linux ...

Keep your Linux operating system and the software you run on it fully up to date. You don’t have to worry about remembering to perform patching if you take on one of these automated systems. Automated ...

There are hundreds of Linux distributions to choose from, and while there are some similarities (they all use some version of the Linux kernel and most support a variety of popular desktop ...

Almost two months after September’s five-part series on open source ERP and business management software packages, questions are still coming in on how I could “possibly have missed” some of the ...

If you started using GNU/Linux in the last 10 years or so, there’s a very good chance your first distribution was Ubuntu. But despite what you may have heard on some of the elitist Linux message ...