Big companies may not be able to issue software patches quickly. But they sure can change their policies in pretty much an instant, argues Simon Brew…

If you’re a novelist, scriptwriter or you’re working on some other type of long writing project, it’s time to prick up your ears: Scrivener has arrived

Want to watch a Blu-ray on your PC? That’ll be £50 please. Simon, for one, is fed up of this game. Join him as he looks at one of the many wheezes the proprietary software and hardware industry are still trying to pull…

Originally built as a way to easily partition a hard drive, Parted Magic has evolved into an impressive system recovery live CD. Gareth Halfacree tests the latest build…

Keeping your secrets secret is an important consideration, so we have taken the four most popular encryption systems and ordered Linux User’s chief group tester, Garath Halfacree, to do what he does best. Which is the ultimate option? Read on…

Simon went to buy a laptop from a big shop. He has sent in this shocking report from the front-line…

FreeNAS is a popular FreeBSD-based operating system for network-attached storage (NAS). Thanks to the easy-to-use web interface, you don’t have to know anything about the FreeBSD base under the hood to share your files…

digiKam has earned a reputation as the most powerful and comprehensive photo management solution on Linux. But does the upcoming version 2.0 offer enough to keep digiKam ahead of the pack? We put the latest release through its paces…

Why settle for different web-based applications when you can have a full-blown cloud-based desktop, offering a complete solution for daily computing? If a personal cloud desktop appeals to you, then eyeOS is exactly what you need…

It’s easy to debug your software and keep tabs on errors with the added aid of The Bug Genie’s web-based issue-tracking software. Dmitri Popov shows you how to clean up your act…

LightZone is an advanced photo post-processing app with some unique and interesting tools. Sukrit Dhandhania puts it through its paces…

A web-based open source invoicing application that is designed to be very easy to use, but requires LAMP…