Practical Technology

Contrary to popular demand, Linux is an operating system that can be used and enjoyed by everyone. Thanks to the continued proliferation of the operating system, there’s a version of Linux perfectly suitable for the newbie all the way to the seasoned…Read More

BILBAO, Spain: At the Open Source Summit Europe, Jonathan Corbett, Linux kernel developer and executive editor of Linux Weekly News, caught everyone up with what’s new in the Linux kernel and where it’s going from here. Here’s one major change coming…Read More

BILBAO, SPAIN — At Open Source Europe Summit, the Linux Foundation unveiled the establishment of the Unified Acceleration (UXL) Foundation. The UXL is based on Intel’s open source oneAPI initiative. The result is a cross-industry initiative that…Read More

There have been many great open-source and Linux sites over the years. Linux Weekly News (LWN) for deep Linux kernel news; Phoronix for down, dirty, and detailed Linux benchmarking; and I’ve been known to write a thing or two about Linux worth…Read More

I love Chromebooks, but there’s always been one annoying thing about them. While they can run for years and years — I have several over ten years still running — officially, Google and Chromebook vendors only support them until their Auto Update…Read More

OpenSUSE, SUSE’s community Linux distribution family, is at a crossroads. With SUSE transitioning from its traditional enterprise distribution to its Adaptable Linux Platform (ALP) container approach, openSUSE Leap’s stable base is set to disappear.…Read More