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New Tabbed Layout Coming On LibreOffice v6.2

LibreOffice, the most popular open-source office suite program is set to feature a new look and feel in the coming v6.2 release, called the tabbed layout. As of now, the current stable version is in v6.1.4 and its default look currently mimics the traditional menu-based GUI and some toolbars. One can download the latest testing version from its official website. LibreOffice features commonly used applications a user can expect on any office suite program such as a word processor prog

itch A Gaming Platform For Indie Games Lovers

itch is another gaming platform that is similar to Steam and is available for multiple operating systems including Linux. This platform provides users with the latest indie games instead of AAA games. If you are open to creativity and likes playing/trying out different games, I guarantee you’ll love itch platform too. Similar to steam, itch also provides both free and non-free games, indicates game system requirements (except without the specifications), and some other common features. R

Debian Enters Freeze State For Buster Release

Debian testing enters freeze state for the release of the next Debian stable version called Buster. The current stable version of Debian is Stretch which is versioned 9. So you can correctly guess Buster version is gonna be the number 10. If you aren’t a Debian testing user, worry not, there are tons of exciting new stuff to expect in the next stable Debian version. Schedule Below is the schedule of freezes Debian testing will undergo before the successful release of Debian bus

Debian Popularity-Contest Program To Collect System Packages Data

In the following article, we will see how we can provide data on the use of our .deb packages to the Debian team through popularity-contest. Obviously, the fact of providing the data of the packages that we use the most will be optional and totally anonymous. WHAT CAN BE USEFUL FOR THE PACKAGES WE USE THE MOST? Some of the utilities that Debian knows the most used packages are: 1. Use the collected data to determine the package that will be installed by default in the Debia

GNOME Pomodoro New Features

GNOME Pomodoro is a time and focus management app which improves productivity and quality of work by balancing between work and rest time. If you want to learn more about this app, click here to read the article about it in detail. A new updated version of GNOME Pomodoro is released (v0.14). The program includes some new features worth mentioning: blurred background, a stats option, and last 10 seconds notification indicator. What’s New In GNOME Pomodoro V0.14.0-1 Blurred backgroun

PHP 5.x Security Support Ends In December 2018 Puts 60%+ Websites On Risk

Basically, in 10 weeks we will have more than half of the websites exposed to potential security problems if after the new year there is a vulnerability in PHP 5.x.According to statistics from W3Techs, 61.7% of all websites whose server-side programming language we know, currently use PHP 5.x, and PHP 5.6 will no longer have support on December 31, 2018, that is, will stop receiving security updates for your server and for the underlying technologies. This is a big problem because it simply 

Red Hat - How An Open Source Software Company Became 34 Billion Dollars Company

In a historic milestone, Red Hat, the company that triumphed with Linux and open source has been acquired by IBM for 34,000 million dollars, the largest transaction in history for a software company. In its 25 years of history, Red Hat has been in charge of demonstrating that betting on open source is not only profitable, but it can generate millionaire profits and that believing in Linux and its philosophy of collaboration can be the basis of a business of gigantic figures. But how di

What Is Tor? Is Tor Safe?

In this time where everybody is attempting to ensure their information and protection, we hear a considerable measure about the TOR network. Some sing acclaim while others think of it as an apparatus for crooks.  In this article, we give you the working standards of TOR by portraying likewise its preferences and drawbacks. WHAT IS THE TOR NETWORK? TOR remains for The Onion Router, and it’s a non-profit association that spotlights on securing the protection and obscurity of Inte

How Linux Logo "Tux" Came About

Linux is a very popular topic among computer geeks, especially FOSS enthusiast. It is a kernel that manages the computer hardware at the lowest level. Many associates Linux as another popular Operating System like Microsoft Windows and OS X. It is invented by a Finnish computer science student Linus Torvalds on September 17, 1991, and around that time, there arose the need for creating a Linux logo in the year 1996. Here are some facts about the Linux logo: * The Linux logo was cho

Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish New Features

Ubuntu 18.10 which is codenamed as Cosmic Cuttlefish is around the corner, is planned to be released next month on 18th October 2018. You will be able to download this release from the official website as well as upgrade it manually from previous releases. This time there is no alpha or beta milestones rather testing weeks for releases. Ubuntu 18.10 Features At A Glance New Default Theme: Yaru As I had mentioned it during my review of Ubuntu 18.04 that a new community theme i

KDE Neon Arrives For Pinebook

KDE developers have announced the release of a dedicated version of KDE Neon for the Pinebook, ARM architecture-based laptops that came out last year with some fanfare due to its tight price: $89.   Now there is more than one Pinebook model and none costs $89, all are over $100 including shipping, but the invention – mobile hardware for the desktop – is here to stay and if the label was already used at the beginning Linux to introduce them, it is Linux that is now introduced to them and

Steam Play (Official) Provides Windows Games On Linux

We knew that Valve was working on something like this, offering the possibility that Steam Linux users could play video games that have not been officially ported to the platform, that is, the majority of games available for Windows.   But now not only has the existence of such a tool been confirmed, we can also test it now. The new Steam Play is basically a modified version of Wine created by Valve, called “Proton”, an integrated directly in the Steam client. Proton is an open source pr