You pay a premium for Photoshop, Windows, and macOS—but they wouldn't exist without free, open-source building blocks ...

Free software replaced my paid tools—and I barely miss the subscriptions.

In Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan, a cynic is described as "a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing" while a sentimentalist is "a man who sees an absurd value in ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

We’ve seen a bunch of efforts to develop free and open source smartphone operating systems over the past decade. But most have relied on at least some proprietary drivers and other software – even on ...

The Steam Deck was a revolution in mobile gaming for PC, but it was also one for a reason most people weren't aware of: bringing Linux to the masses. The Steam Deck runs SteamOS, its own custom ...

Open-source software powers the majority of today’s businesses. An estimated 70% to 90% of modern software solutions use a code base made up of open-source components, according to 2022 data from the ...

We list the best free office software, to make it simple and easy to use a free alternative to Microsoft Word. For most users, Microsoft 365 (formerly known as Microsoft Office and Office 365) remains ...

Chris has reported for various tech and consumer goods outlets over the past decade, including Android Police and MakeUseOf since early 2022. Previously, he has contributed to outlets such as ...

Several of Konidena’s contributions focus on making open source systems more predictable and easier to use in enterprise ...