Linux has a wealth of applications, but sometimes the smaller tools get overlooked. Here's a list of those I'd prefer never to be without.

Is Linux Kernel 7.2 really 43 million lines? We verified the count with wc, cloc, tokei, and scc tools and explain why the ...

Linux kernel privilege escalation exploit DirtyClone (CVE-2026-43503) is publicly documented: JFrog published a working attack walkthrough Thursday showing how any local user can gain root on ...

Founding premier members DTCC, Morgan Stanley, RBC and NatWest join forces to collectively invest in open source AI, to advance common governance, controls, specifications, reference implementations, ...

Microsoft has announced that Visual Studio Code (VS Code) will apply a two-hour delay before extensions for the integrated development environment (IDE) are updated automatically to a newer version in ...

A security researcher found a flaw in Anthropic's Claude Code GitHub Action that let an attacker take over vulnerable public repositories running it, with nothing more than a single opened GitHub ...

Flathub, Linux's dominant Flatpak application repository, enacted a sweeping ban on AI-generated and AI-assisted content on May 29, cutting off developers who use tools like GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT ...

“Thank you for traveling with Deutsche Bahn” – if you use Linux, you currently can't easily get to the tickets that end with the famous announcement. Since the end of last week, reports from affected ...

Codeonix is a free, open-source desktop automation platform for Windows. You write real code and attach it to triggers — a schedule, a file change, a webhook call, a keyboard shortcut, a USB device, a ...

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...

A previously undocumented Linux implant named Quasar Linux (QLNX) is targeting developers' systems with a mix of rootkit, backdoor, and credential-stealing capabilities. The malware kit is deployed in ...

Code::Blocks is a free open source IDE; it is established in C++ using wxWdigets as the GUI tool kit. Code::Blocks support compilers such as C, C++, and Fortran. Plugins extend Code::Blocks; its ...