The team behind Parrot OS (often shortened to Parrot) has announced the beta release of Parrot 7.0. The update, now in testing, brings several upgrades and improvements to the distribution that emphasizes security, including a switch to KDE Plasma as the default desktop.

Are you shopping for an SBC right now? There are tons to choose from, but the conventional choice is a Raspberry Pi device. It isn't your only option, though, and looking into alternatives is worth your while.

If you're like me, you use Discord for communication all day long. Those hours of use mean Discord has the opportunity to soak up lots of data about you and your use of the app. A few settings keep the collection at bay.

As Microsoft continues giving everyone reasons to drop Windows in favor of a more reliable and open platform, there's no better time to explore what Linux has to offer. Here are a few good apps worth your time if you've got a Linux computer to play with this weekend.

A Linux distribution known for its security and stability, Alpine Linux, has released version 3.23 with several improvements and upgrades to its package base. It's the first major point release since May, and it carries on support a wide range of computer architectures.

I've been using Raspberry Pi devices and similar single-board computers for years. They all have in common their ARM processors, just like most desktop computers are x86-64 processors, but I'm getting an SBC with a RISC-V chip.

Do you listen to music on your Jellyfin server but wish you could close the year with a look-back on your listening history like Spotify Wrapped? I thought I was going to have to do without—until I found Jellyfin Rewind.

Linux Mint's development team made a blog post today announcing a nickname for the upcoming 22.3 release, as well as estimating the arrival date of the first beta release and listing some specific new features we can look forward to.

The developers of the popular KDE Connect application for desktop computers and mobile phones issued a security advisory this weekend stating you should stop using certain versions of the app on untrusted networks. A security flaw allows devices running those versions to interact with devices pretending to be ones you authenticated in the past.

If you're like me, you don't like unnecessary friction when trying to accomplish tasks on your Linux PC. The following desktop software is so useful to me, I want them to be running when I start using my computer so that I don't have to manually launch them.

Do you wish you didn't have to take your PC to computer technicians? I'm regularly opening my PC to replace parts, clean dust out, and check for lose connections, and I can tell you the most important aspect is having the right tools for the job.

The world of Linux and its open source ecosystem of software is riddled with acronyms, initialisms, and just plain weird words. Some of them are hard to pronounce correctly without guidance, or if you're not in the know on the word origins.