Ubuntu’s shift to sudo‑rs symbolizes a broader movement. Other mission-critical tools—uutils coreutils, findutils, diffutils—are also being recrafted in Rust. As a widely adopted OS, Ubuntu sets ...

The groundwork for Rust modules in Linux was laid with kernel 6.1, and by version 6.8, the first experimental Rust drivers, ...

The adoption of ACPI 6.6 and expanded kernel support for S0ix and modern-sleep states allow laptops to hang out in ...

During the month of September, we'll be giving away prizes each day. We'll post winners names below.

Our Desktop Edition of Linux Journal has been available in a PDF since April 2005. Issues dating back to then are available to all current subscribers as a part of their paid subscription to Linux ...

Linux Journal, representing 25+ years of publication, is the original magazine of the global Open Source community.

Linux Journal, representing 25+ years of publication, is the original magazine of the global Open Source community.

If you're attending LinuxWorld, and would like to contribute to LJ, come meet with some Linux Journal editors and tell us your interests. We'll be at the XYZ Lounge at the W Hotel in San Francisco on ...

The landscape of desktop operating systems has witnessed a notable transformation in 2025. Linux, once considered a niche ...

Editors' Note: This article has been updated since its original posting. Software and hardware engineers who have to deal with byte and bit order issues know the process is like walking a maze. Though ...

ALSA stands for the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture. It consists of a set of kernel drivers, an application programming interface (API) library and utility programs for supporting sound under Linux.

There's an ongoing series of skirmishes between corporations who want to sell products that users don't fully control and the kernel developers who want users to be the highest authority. Sometimes ...