In my recent post about the handling of the security incident and compromised ISO image at Linux Mint, I said at the end that users should always verify the checksum of a downloaded image before ...

“We’re working on Linux support—hang tight!” said Google nearly three years ago. And despite that claim and more repeated promises over those many years, Google Drive for Linux still hasn’t been ...

In my last article, I had some fun looking at the children's game of rock, paper, scissors, writing a simple simulator and finding out that some strategies are better than others. Yes, I used ...

How to use Rocky Linux as a Docker container image Your email has been sent The creator of Rocky Linux has made the distribution available as a Docker image. Jack Wallen shows you how to get it, ...

How small can you make a Docker image? These tiny (and even super-tiny) base images pack a surprising amount of punch for their size. Docker images can get pretty bulky if you’re not careful. Your ...

Want to try your hand at building a Linux package for an embedded device? [SnowBot] decided to give it a try and set out to build Ubuntu for a GumStix. The single-board computer will cost you about ...

gd is an open-source library that allows users to create and manipulate images easily. It lets you open images in formats such as JPEG, PNG, XPM and a few more. gd works something like this: it opens ...

Linux and open source are also on track to become more secure in 2026, as the ecosystem simultaneously hardens the kernel, ...