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.

Eighteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of June 30, 2026): apl-2.0: GNU APL is a free interpreter for the programming language APL. It is an implementation of the ISO stan ...

Secure software supply chain solution provider Chainguard Inc. today expanded its Chainguard Repository product with malware ...

See the VS Code Tips wiki for a quick primer on getting started with VS Code. Setting up the JDK The extension requires JDK 17 or newer to run. Optionally, set a different JDK to compile and run ...

A Maven plugin for generating Java code from Thrift IDL files. It's like official thrift-maven-plugin, but you don't need a binary of thrift, it's purely written in Java. This plugin leverages the ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Apache Maven is a Java build tool and dependency management engine that simplifies the ...

a2ps-4.15.7: GNU a2ps converts almost anything to a PostScript file, ready for printing. It accomplishes this by being able to delegate files to external handlers, such as Groff and Gzip. It handles ...

The Java Development Kit (JDK) is a development environment for building Java applications and applets that can then run on any Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The JDK includes a variety of development ...

Android is the most widely used mobile operating system in the world. The best part, it’s completely open-source, which in layman’s terms, means that the Source Code, the actual program is available ...