Seth Kenlon
1 You may have heard that Linux and Unix computers give you the ability to control a...
David Both
As a SysAdmin, the Linux command line is typically my happy place. The command line interface, the...
Author’s note: This article is excerpted in part from chapter 4 of my book, The Linux Philosophy...
Don Watkins
When I began to use Linux over twenty-five years ago I was not as comfortable on the...
The basename command is a GNU core utility for UNIX and UNIX-like systems, and is designed to...
Linux runs almost everything, but many people are unaware of that. Some folks might be aware of...
Everything in Linux revolves around streams of data – particularly text streams.
I recently Googled “data stream” and...
Sustainability is an increasingly important problem in computing. Reduce, reuse, and recycle is a famous motto for...
Author’s note: This article first appeared in the June 2008 issue of Linux Magazine but is no...
Well, it didn’t really get any worse, we just found another way in which it’s already horrible....
In a time of increasing digital privacy threats, Signal has emerged as a hope for those seeking...
Jim Hall
A user interface has a visual identity. See how simple shapes can represent several common interfaces.
In previous articles about my use of automation in performing post-install tasks for new Linux installations, Those...
SSH is an important mechanism for secure connections between Linux hosts. SSH is a software-based virtual private...
I use Linux for many reasons. These best reasons may help you understand why..
If you need to do a task on a regular schedule, explore how you can use crontab...