We're now veering into the realm of universal package managers, which are named as such because they work on nearly any Linux ...

Snap and Flatpak are Linux universal package managers. Both have their pros and cons. Each gives Linux far more apps to ...

If you’ve ever used a modern Linux distribution, you’ve likely experienced the convenience of installing and updating software with a single command. Package managers, the tools behind this ease of ...

Ever heard of Homebrew? It’s a package manager with a very unusual feature. It allows ordinary users to install packages without using sudo, and it’s available for both macOS and Linux. While the tool ...

When it comes to package management on Linux systems, two popular tools are YUM and APT. YUM, short for Yellowdog Updater Modified, is commonly used in Red Hat-based distributions like CentOS and RHEL ...

Linux 101: How to hold packages back from getting upgraded with apt Your email has been sent Jack Wallen shows you how to mark a package on an Ubuntu system such that ...

If you have been a Windows user since the Windows 95 era, you’ve probably developed habits that may be slowing down your ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Make searching for files easier with these GUI tools.Each of these apps will work on most distributions ...