Since the dawn of the Linux penguin there has been one constant user compliant: "Linux won't run my games!" Those days are now over. Today, February 14th, the Steam gaming client for Ubuntu Linux has ...

A couple of weeks ago, I ended the newsletter by saying that I would re-examine the NetWare client for Linux once again, in light of your many e-mails and some new information from Novell. But neither ...

The Linux landscape is filled with possible email clients. Jack Wallen makes the case for why the Evolution groupware suite should be the default for most Linux distributions. For the longest time, ...

In August, Microsoft officials said to "stay tuned" for news about when and whether a Teams client for Linux would be coming. Late last week, the possibility became an acknowledged certainty: The ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Password managers remain vital to your security.Linux has plenty of available options.These tools are ...

Using a VPN on Linux has always been a bit tricky if you're not familiar with the terminal. Fortunately, NordVPN just changed that by rolling out a desktop client which you can use with your mouse, ...

Skype for Linux Alpha is based on the Skype for Web website, which Chromebook users can now use for voice calls. It works in web browsers on Linux, too. However, Microsoft isn’t just shrugging its ...

AUSTIN, TEXAS – Linux, long the laggard to the Windows desktop, is pushing into emerging markets, onto mobile devices and other client form factors, and is poised to give Microsoft something to really ...

Microsoft Intune, the mobile management solution that's offered as part of the Microsoft Endpoint Manager suite, is getting the ability to manage Linux desktops with an update that'll be arriving this ...

Despite the large number of Twitter clients available for Linux, none of them are perfect. Our favorite would have to be the powerful, customizable Choqok. Choqok has nearly everything we could want ...

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