What Is the AUR in Arch Linux, and Should You Use It?
The AUR is one of the jewels in the crown of Arch Linux, providing thousands of additional software packages. But is this user-driven repository safe to use, or should you avoid it?
Stay updated with breaking news from Arch Linux. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The AUR is one of the jewels in the crown of Arch Linux, providing thousands of additional software packages. But is this user-driven repository safe to use, or should you avoid it?
Though Diablo IV isn't available on Steam, the Steam Deck is nevertheless a perfect home for Blizzard's latest. Here's how to get it running.
Distrobox is the open-source project for quickly and easily firing up other Linux distributions as containers on your desktop
Linux is not a secure desktop operating system. However, there are steps you can take to harden it, reduce its attack surface, and improve its privacy. Before we start… Some of the sections will include mentions of unofficial builds of packages like linux‑hardened, akmod, hardened_malloc, and so on. These are not endorsements — they are merely to show that you have options to easily obtain and update these packages. Using unofficial builds of packages means adding more parties to trust, and you have to evaluate whether it is worth doing so for the potential privacy/security benef...
Following yesterday's news of OpenGL 3.1 and OpenGL ES 3.0 working on the open-source driver for Apple M1/M2 graphics with Asahi Linux using their 'edge' channel, those patches to the Asahi AGX Gallium3D driver have now worked their way into the upstream Mesa 23.2 codebase.