Unix-like operating systems (OSs) are those that implements the interface and concepts originally introduced by Unix OS. This post tries to summarize the history of Unix-like OSs and explain relevant software concepts surrounding it. Software Concepts This sections reviews some…
This post summarizes the main free/libre and open-source (FLOSS) desktop environments for Unix-like and Linux. List of Linux Desktop Environments List of Linux desktop environments: The most popular are KDE Plasma and GNOME. Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Common Desktop Environment…
This post is about display servers and windowing systems compatible with Linux, that provide graphical user interfaces. List of Linux Display Servers X11 X11, also known as X Window System, is a display server for Unix-like operating systems. Programmers at…
This post lists some books about free software and related topics, like the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and Richard Stallman. List of Books about Free and Open Software Books about free software featured on this post: You can find most…
This post explains some different package managers available for Linux operating system. List of Linux Package Managers Linux package managers featured on this post: APT APT, an acronym for Advanced Package Tool, is a package manager. Its command is apt,…
This post explains ways to run streaming media apps on Ubuntu. As a general answer, none of the streaming media services have an official dedicated app for Linux or Ubuntu. However, its content can be watched from specific browsers (mostly…
This post explains how to change keyboard layout on Ubuntu. Step-by-step Instructions about how to change keyboard Layout on Ubuntu As of Ubuntu 20.10, go to Activities overview (the button with 9 dots on the bottom left corner and type…
This post gives some hints about how to solve issues related to having no sound on Ubuntu operating system. How to find a Solution to the no sound Issue on Ubuntu Ubuntu has a very useful page with advice about…
Ubuntu, with the default installation, is not able to play some popular videos and audio formats, like the ones from .mp3 audio files, .mp4 video files or streaming videos like YouTube. It is possible to configure Ubuntu to play them,…
This post summarizes some operating systems (OS) for mobile phone based on Linux. List of mobile OSs based on Linux Mobile OSs featured on this post: Android Open Source Project (AOSP) AOSP is the acronym for Android Open Source Project.…