Use Playerctl, Python, and Conky timer to create a 'now playing' Spotify desktop widget.

I tried a highly-customized Hyprland desktop that's meant for Linux pros - and didn't hate it ...

Where Windows has utilities, Linux has tweak tools. And whether you’re a Linux pro or a recent refugee from Windows XP, they can help you make Ubuntu 14.04 LTS “Trusty Tahr” (the latest and greatest ...

The proliferation of inexpensive IoT boards means the time has come to gain control not only of applications but also the entire software platform. So, how do you build a custom distribution with ...

Incessant customization is a rabbit hole you should avoid.

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BunsenLabs Carbon is a Debian-based distro and CrunchBang successor. The latest version, dubbed Carbon, is lightweight and highly customizable. You can download and ...

Gumstix, a company that has been selling small system boards – about the size of a “gum stick” – for years, is now offering crowdfunding for hardware that users can design themselves. (Stick with me ...

Yesterday, at the RSA 2018 security conference, Microsoft announced a new security-focused product named Azure Sphere. According to Microsoft chief financial officer Brad Smith, Microsoft created ...

Timesys Corp. has an offer that no sane embedded developer who wants to get started with open source Linux can refuse: built-to-spec custom Linuxdistributions for device designs based on the PowerPC, ...

If you aren’t a Linux user and you watch someone who knows what they are doing use Bash — the popular command line interpreter — you might get the impression they type much faster than they actually ...