David Merron Photography/Getty Images I have particular folders on my desktop that contain very important folders (such as my book manuscripts). Those folders must be backed up at all times, otherwise, I run into the possibility of losing hundreds or thousands of hours of work. Ergo, I depend on a backup tool. Also: The first … Read more
Nina Raemont/ZDNET I listen to a lot of music and play a lot of videos. Although vinyl is my first choice for music, with Spotify used for streaming, I also have a vast collection of digital music stored on one of my drives. When I want to listen to something that isn’t available on vinyl … Read more
You could either download the first version of Ubuntu Linux or get a CD of the release mailed to you for free. Steven Vaughan-Nichols/ZDNET 2004 was already an eventful year for Linux. As I reported at the time, SCO was trying to drive Linux out of business. Red Hat was abandoning Linux end-user fans for … Read more
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Bad news for Roblox fans on Linux — the workarounds are dead. GamingOnLinux reports that the latest version of Roblox “forcefully blocks it from working with Wine,” throwing a “Wine is not supported” error message even when Roblox-specific tools like Vinegar and Grapejuice are added. Wine is the compatibility layer that lets many Windows games … Read more
ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images I’ve been using Linux as my primary operating system since 1997 and I have never installed a desktop antivirus solution on any computer. The only exception to that rule has been when I deploy a Linux mail or file server, where I might add something to scan for suspicious email … Read more
The Open in Sidebar feature found in Edge is just one thing that makes it a viable Linux browser. Jack Wallen/ZDNET A Microsoft piece of software on Linux? Who would have thought? I certainly didn’t. Back in those early days of using Linux, you’d have heard me screaming at the top of my lungs from … Read more
The other thing I noticed is the European-style keyboard. Tuxedo sent me a German keyboard, which is fine, I touch type anyway, so once I set the layout to US in the settings, the keyboard was mostly fine. Except for the Enter key. Most US keyboards use what’s known as an ANSI design, which features … Read more
encrier/Getty Images Snap packages make it possible to install applications on Linux that might not be available otherwise. And although Snap isn’t the Linux community’s favorite universal package format (that title belongs to Flatpak), I’ve found Snaps to be incredibly handy. In fact, I’ve been using Snap packages for quite some time, primarily because I … Read more
We know the end of the line is in sight for classical cryptography. All the security encryption that protects our bank accounts, websites, and credit cards today will eventually be broken. That’s not just a threat; that’s the reality. When Q-Day comes, which is the day quantum computers can break our existing encryption methods, we’ll … Read more
Deepin Desktop is still one of the most beautiful and user-friendly environments on the market. Jack Wallen/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways Deepin Linux 23 beta 3 is available now to download and install for free.It’s beautiful, it’s seamlessly integrated, and it’s easy to use.As has been the case, over the years, there are security concerns when … Read more