Apple's Safari browser runs the risk of becoming the new Internet Explorer – holding the web back for everyone
Feature WebKit engine is well behind the competition
Software22 Oct 2021 | 146
Ubuntu 21.10: Plan to do yourself an Indri? Here's what's inside... including a bit of GNOME schooling
Review Plus: Rounded corners make GNOME 40 look like Windows 11
OSes18 Oct 2021 | 17
What if Chrome broke features of the web and Google forgot to tell anyone? Oh wait, that's exactly what happened
Feature Browser monoculture bad
Software04 Oct 2021 | 152
CutefishOS: Unix-y development model? Check. macOS aesthetic? Check (if you like that sort of thing)
Review Also a range of homegrown apps. Still in beta, so plenty of rough edges, though
OSes24 Sep 2021 | 67
A low-key good experience for Thor-oughly new penguins: Elementary OS 6, aka Odin
Review Flatpak-only app store, two-finger swiping for screen-fondlers... but it's not for the fiddlers
OSes20 Sep 2021 | 16
Slacking off? It used to be there was pretty much one place to chat with your fellow developers: IRC
Review Reg tiptoes through the Zulip to review open source chat and collab software
Software28 Jul 2021 | 34
Open-source RAW image editor Darktable releases major update to version 3.6 – and it's very accessible
Review RTFM: Read the [fine] manual
Applications19 Jul 2021 | 15
Audacity is a poster child for what can be achieved with open-source software
Updated If Muse Group's stewardship takes a wrong turn, there's always the fork button*
Software05 Jul 2021 | 64
Good news: Google no longer requires publishers to use the AMP format. Bad news: What replaces it might be worse
Feature Introducing 'Core Web Vitals'
Software28 Jun 2021 | 49
Dependable Debian is like a rock in a swirling gyre of 'move fast and break things', and version 11 is no different
Hands on A lot of effort has gone into this release and it shows – everything 'just works'
OSes16 Jun 2021 | 51
Hold up, ace. Before you strap into Firefox's latest Test Pilot, ask yourself...
How much do I trust Mozilla with my data?
Software13 Sep 2019 | 22
Welcome to Ubuntu 18.04: Make yourself at GNOME. Cup of data-slurping dispute, anyone?
Comment And sprinkle those angry YouTube vids with a pinch of salt, please
OSes24 May 2018 | 109
Void Linux gave itself to the void, Korora needs a long siesta – life is hard for small distros
If you want your fave to survive, you'll need to dig deep
OSes16 May 2018 | 42
If you're a Fedora fanboi, this latest release might break your heart a little
Version 28 of Linux distro embraces non-free third-party repos for some reason
OSes04 May 2018 | 80
Leave it to Beaver: Unity is long gone and you're on your GNOME
What's new, Ubuntu Linux? 18.04 has dropped and you may not like what you find
OSes27 Apr 2018 | 128
18.04 beta is as good a time as any to see which Ubuntu flavour tickles your Budgie, MATE
But we're still in bug country, so run in a VM
OSes14 Mar 2018 | 45
Are you an open-sorcerer or free software warrior? Let us do battle
Open Source Insider Quickly now, before the suits show up
Software12 Feb 2018 | 79
You GNOME it: Windows and Apple devs get a compelling reason to turn to Linux
Open Source Insider Add in Flatpak/Snap and it could be a revolution
OSes08 Jan 2018 | 177
Linux Mint 18.3: A breath of fresh air? Well, it's a step into the unGNOME
No bearded desktops with pointy hats to be seen here
OSes04 Jan 2018 | 134
Firefox 57: Good news? It's nippy. Bad news? It'll also trash your add-ons
Open Source Insider Unless you're lucky and there's already a WebExtensions equivalent
Software10 Nov 2017 | 284
Ubuntu 17.10: We're coming GNOME! Plenty that's Artful in Aardvark, with a few Wayland wails
You've got to admit, Canonical has guts
Software20 Oct 2017 | 103
What's your flava? Ooo, tell me what's your flava... of Ubuntu
The options when 17.10 drops
Software06 Sep 2017 | 80
Firefox doesn't need to be No 1 – and that's OK, 'cos it's falling off a cliff
Open Source Insider Mozilla runs counter to Valley narrative
Networks25 Jul 2017 | 229
Find your happy place: Fedora 26 has landed
Review Nice solar tracking, shame about the Flatpaks
OSes24 Jul 2017 | 16
Looking for an Ubuntu Unity close cousin? Elementary, my dear...
Matching DNA and personality types
OSes28 Jun 2017 | 49
Debian 9 feels like home with security upgrades and a flaming vulpine warming your toes
Review Strong and stable release from conservative distro
OSes21 Jun 2017 | 43
'OK, everyone. Stop typing, this software is DONE,' said no one ever
Open Source Insider Some times it really is, though
Software20 Jun 2017 | 144
Defend yourself against ISP tracking in an Trump-era free-for-all
Options - you have some
Personal Tech30 May 2017 | 70
Distro watch for Ubuntu lovers: What's ahead in Linux land
Elementary OS, my dear penguin?
OSes25 May 2017 | 96
Kill Google AMP before it kills the web
Open source insider Trust, independence, credibility – we've heard of those
Software19 May 2017 | 120
Linux homes for Ubuntu Unity orphans: Minty Cinnamon, GNOME or Ubuntu, mate?
Fear not – there's life beyond the community lifeline
OSes05 May 2017 | 51
Post Unity 8 Ubuntu shock? Relax, Linux has been here before
Shaping up for a Red Hat or SUSE future
OSes02 May 2017 | 65
Flatpak and Snaps aren't destined for graveyard of failed Linux tech yet
Independence from distros
Software28 Apr 2017 | 28
Farewell Unity, you challenged desktop Linux. Oh well, here's Ubuntu 17.04
Review GNOME all the way, baby
OSes21 Apr 2017 | 126
Why Firefox? Because not everybody is a web designer, silly
Open Source Insider Do we really want Chrome hegemony?
Software19 Apr 2017 | 156
Ubuntu 17.04 beta FACT: It's what's on the inside that matters, not looks
Stars align
OSes03 Apr 2017 | 24
Firefox Quantum: BIG browser project, huh? I share your concern
Open source insider What Mozilla's browser rewrite means to... Mozilla
Software28 Mar 2017 | 83
Is your AI being handed to you by Google? Try Apache open source – Amazon's AWS did
Open Source Insider 'Community' can buy what money can't
AI + ML24 Feb 2017 | 1
Two words, Mozilla: SPEED! NOW! Quit fiddling and get serious
Opinion Unleash operation Thrash Chrome
Software15 Feb 2017 | 177
SQL Server on Linux? HELL YES! Linux on Windows 10? Meh
Like GNU running in Windows – outrageous. And pointless
OSes09 Feb 2017 | 110
Oh, the things Vim could teach Silicon Valley's code slingers
Open Source Insider 25 years, eight updates, all gravy
OSes24 Jan 2017 | 125
Fedora 25: You've got that Wayland feelin', oh, that Wayland feelin'
'Hands down the best desktop Linux distro I tested in 2016'
OSes06 Jan 2017 | 72
OpenStreetView? You are no longer hostage to Google's car-driven vision
Open Source Insider Deja vu for mapping nerds
Software14 Dec 2016 | 47
Arch Linux: In a world of polish, DIY never felt so good
Last refuge for purists
OSes02 Nov 2016 | 80
Put Firefox DE and Chromium in blender. Devs... Is it pure Blisk?
Open Source Insider Depends who you're asking
Devops01 Nov 2016 | 6
Ubuntu 16.10: Yakkety Yak... Unity 8's not wack
Best part of update is taste of much-promised GNOME beauty
Software18 Oct 2016 | 33
The web is past peak innovation: It's all negative returns from here
Open Source Insider As Steve Jobs might say: You misunderstand 'design'
OSes28 Sep 2016 | 86
Unimpressed with Ubuntu 16.10? Yakkety Yak... don't talk back
Beta keeps your Unity 8, er, hoodlum friend waiting outside
OSes26 Sep 2016 | 53
Fork YOU! Sure, take the code. Then what?
Open source insider Why people matter in open source
Software28 Jul 2016 | 28
Looking good, Gnome: Digesting the Delhi in our belly
The long road to change
OSes27 Jun 2016 | 38
Fedora 24 is here. Go ahead – dive in
Review The complete package?
OSes22 Jun 2016 | 42
Facebook's turbo-charged Instant Articles: Another brick in the wall
Want your news crud-free and open? There is hope
Software23 May 2016 | 21
The fork? Node.js: Code showdown re-opens Open Source wounds
Open Source Insider Left pad chaos highlighted madness behind scenes
Software13 May 2016 | 48
A perfect marriage: YOU and Ubuntu 16.04
But Richard Stallman might object
OSes25 Apr 2016 | 148
Go nuts, brother: Ubuntu 16.04 beta – no more auto data-spaffing
Review So much more than the Unity bit
OSes29 Mar 2016 | 58
Slack smackback: There's no IRC in team (software), say open-sourcers
So here are some FOSS alternatives
Software17 Mar 2016 | 31
Solus: A welcome ground-up break from the Linux herd
Review No bling, just minimal surfaces. Apps, though...
OSes08 Mar 2016 | 87
Baby Ubuntus toddle forth into the big scary world of beta
Review MATE, Gnome and chums
OSes03 Mar 2016 | 44
Crowd-funded OpenShot 2.0 delivers graphic Linux package
Review iMovie? KDenLive? Cut! I'm a believer
OSes29 Feb 2016 | 26
Remember WordPress' Pingbacks? The W3C wants us to use them across the whole web
'Webmentions' spec promises future linkspam outbreak
Software18 Feb 2016 | 32
Biting the hand that feeds IT
