It doesn’t have to be a winner-take-all debate. Using both changed how I manage Linux apps for the better.

Why it matters: Linux has become the backbone of many technology standards and software products. In the traditional desktop space, however, the open-source kernel is anything but a successful. If the ...

A security vulnerability in Flatpak is the trigger for an emergency update for the Linux distribution Tails, which enables ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. Feb 08, 2019, 05:26am EST Feb 08, 2019, 05:27am EST This article ...

Clement Lefebvre, the head of the Linux Mint project, has updated us on the state of the upcoming 18.3 release. It'll come with support for the Flatpak package system and include Redshift by default.

...smells a lot like the "Klik" package manager a few years back. Not necessarily a bad idea, but with maybe 99% of Linux systems running .deb or .rpm, and tools to allow interoperability, who really ...

The Flatpak framework for distributing Linux desktop applications is now in prodaction release, after three years of beta status. The framework, originally called XDG-app, is intended to make Linux ...

The internet is a fickle beast. Just when you think a company or community of developers have come out with a bit of technology that could help an operating system or piece of software rise above, ...