Often times when something just works, we tend to take it for granted. I think software package management in Linux is one of those things. It just works. Time and time again I have to help people ...

Flatpak solves a lot of the gripes new users will have with Linux package management, and more. It's a universal app ...

There's no shortage of choice when managing packages on Linux. The most popular option is apt, which is the default for many Debian-based distros such as Ubuntu and Linux Mint. Then there's dnf on ...

I'm interested in installing some sort of package management tool on a <a href="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org">Linux from scratch</a> install. Either RPM, YUM, or ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Every popular Linux distribution ships with some sort of ...

Encap is a simple light weight package management system. It is not intended to replace the package management system that is part of your operating system or distribution, but to make it easy for you ...

Systems management startup Aduva is trying to reduce the cost of managing free software. As an open source operating system, Linux is available as a free download or through low-cost shrink-wrapped ...

As I've mentioned before I'm an openSUSE user, and as long as they don't make the "U" lower case again, I'll probably stick with it. When it comes to package management, OpenSUSE and SUSE Linux ...

Almost two months after September’s five-part series on open source ERP and business management software packages, questions are still coming in on how I could “possibly have missed” some of the ...