Jordan Gloor

United States

Content Editor at How-To Geek

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Articles

I Turned a USB Drive Into a Linux App Swiss Army Knife

5 days ago | howtogeek.com | Jordan Gloor

If you're like me, you have multiple devices running different Linux distributions, and are frequently installing new instances too. They all need software, and I've found sometimes it's easier to just have some ready to go, conveniently stored on a USB stick. Go Anywhere With AppImages on a Thumb Drive Installing many Linux distributions, you'll learn that getting software isn't always straightforward or consistent.
A Big Change for Ubuntu Linux Releases Is Here

1 week ago | howtogeek.com | Jordan Gloor

Canonical has introduced monthly "snapshot" Ubuntu releases for better testing of major point releases in development. The snapshots are not a switch to rolling release for Ubuntu, but a way to test new changes sooner and more efficiently. Snapshot 1 for Ubuntu 25.10 is already available on Ubuntu's website for testing. Canonical, the company that develops the Ubuntu Linux distribution, is adding to its release schedule by dropping "snapshots" for upcoming Ubuntu releases every month.
3 Linux Problems I Actually Managed to Fix on My Own

1 week ago | howtogeek.com | Jordan Gloor

I've been regularly using Linux in various forms for around six years now, and in my time I've encountered my fair share of confounding and infuriating problems. I'm recounting them here to preserve and pass on what I've learned, if also to flash my feathers a little bit. The "Bad Interpreter" Error When Running Bash Scripts I had a phase of writing and tweaking several Bash scripts, and I ran into this issue where suddenly the script would refuse to run.
DVDs and Blu-rays Were More Annoying Than You Remember

2 weeks ago | howtogeek.com | Jordan Gloor

After years of streaming services reducing their quality and increasing their prices, physical media is coming back in a big way. I'm part of that wave, but that experience includes remembering some of the less-than-great qualities of the DVDs and Blu-rays we left behind.
TP-Link’s New Wi-Fi 7 Routers Have Tri-Band 10Gbps for $250

2 weeks ago | howtogeek.com | Jordan Gloor

TP-Link announced at Computex 2025 multiple new routers, growing its collection of Wi-Fi 7 networking gear. It includes routers ready for 10-gig internet connections, something on the horizon in certain US cities. All of the routers TP-Link announced include tri-band coverage using the Wi-Fi 7 standard. While most of them are mesh routers, there's a standalone unit, the Archer BE9700. It carries the third 6Ghz band with its six positionable antennae and beamforming capabilities.
How I Self-Host My Own RSS News Feed on a Raspberry Pi

3 weeks ago | howtogeek.com | Jordan Gloor

If you're like me, you're probably tired of getting news from social media. I decided to go back to RSS feeds to follow the news. I ran into a problem, though: I use multiple devices, and my feeds weren't synced. That's when I put my Raspberry Pi to use and installed FreshRSS. Of course, you can get automatically synced RSS readers without a Raspberry Pi or any kind of dedicated hardware. For a while, I was using Inoreader, but I got tired of the ads and the subscription prompts.
How I Use My Roku TV Without Seeing Roku Ads

3 weeks ago | howtogeek.com | Jordan Gloor

You've probably noticed more and more ads entering your Roku TV's menus and popping up where you least expect them. I did too, and I decided to replace them with a less ad-riddled experience. I'll show you how. The method I use doesn't involve any ad-blocking. All I'm doing is sidestepping my TV's built-in streaming platform and using an external streaming device. That means to do what I did, you'll need to get a non-Roku brand streaming stick of some kind.
I Tried Firefox Labs, and One New Feature Beats Chrome

3 weeks ago | howtogeek.com | Jordan Gloor

This past week, Mozilla announced a selection of experimental features it grouped and made easy to enable called Firefox Labs. I gave them a try, and here's what I found out. What Is Firefox Labs? Firefox Labs is just a small set of experimental features you can toggle on and off in the desktop version of Firefox.
Linux Kernel 6.15 Is Adding Support for These Game Controllers

3 weeks ago | howtogeek.com | Jordan Gloor

The upcoming Linux kernel release, version 6.15, will be arriving in the next month or so, and I'm already seeing previews of what to expect. One of them is recently merged support for several gaming controllers and laptop touchpads. New Gamepads Get Linux Support The merge for kernel 6.15rc-6 patches Linux's xpad driver to add support for Xbox gamepads from several different manufacturers.
I Wish I'd Found This Hidden KDE Plasma Feature Sooner

3 weeks ago | howtogeek.com | Jordan Gloor

Are you running Kubuntu Linux or another distro that uses the KDE Plasma desktop environment? Then you're missing out if you aren't taking advantage of a little search bar called KRunner. KDE Plasma is well known as a productivity and power user-friendly desktop environment for Linux distros and FreeBSD. I've been using it regularly for years. In fact, right now I'm daily-driving two different versions of Plasma on both my Kubuntu Focus laptop and my desktop computer running Garuda.