Credit: Ian Noble; Modified by IDG Comm. Did you know that you can ask your Linux system to tell you what upgrades are available for the packages installed on it? You might be surprised by how many ...

Linux has numerous package managers. There are command-line and GUI tools for the task. Not all package managers are created equal. When I first started using Linux, the package manager was called ...

$ sudo dnf list gimp Last metadata expiration check: 2:20:56 ago on Fri 16 Jul 2021 11:35:15 AM EDT. Installed Packages gimp.x86_64 2:2.10.24-1.fc34 @fedora This command provides more details on the ...

When it comes to package management on Linux systems, two popular tools are YUM and APT. YUM, short for Yellowdog Updater Modified, is commonly used in Red Hat-based distributions like CentOS and RHEL ...

Ubuntu is about to undergo a dramatic overhaul. No, I don’t mean the huge shift to a converged Unity 8 desktop with the Mir display server, although that’s also coming. Ubuntu is going to move past ...

Novell has shipped its latest bundle of Linux software for tech-savvy home PC owners. The SuSE Linux Professional 9.3 package includes an operating system, desktop applications and networking tools, ...

How to check if packages in RHEL-based Linux distributions have been patched for specific CVEs Your email has been sent CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) are constantly being discovered and ...