To get started as a Linux (or Unix) user, you need to have a good perspective on how Linux works and a handle on some of the most basic commands. This first post in a “getting started” series examines ...

Linux tricks can help you get work done faster, especially when they're easy. Here are some ways to find files, reuse prior commands, stop processes and more. In this post, we’ll take a look at a ...

The working directory in Linux is essential for navigating the file system via the terminal. Use the cd command to change the working directory, with either absolute or relative paths. The pwd command ...

Why type long and tedious paths when you can instantly jump to directories? We're entering the age of quantum computing, yet still navigating terminals like it's the 1970s. Solutions exist today: ...

In the old command-line days, about the only way to write a CD-ROM on a Linux system was to know the set of commands that build an ISO filesystem and then copy it to a CD. Today, with the availability ...

Linux might sound scary for first-time Linux users, but actually, it isn’t. Linux is a bunch of open-source Unix operating systems based on Linux Kernel. These operating systems are called Linux ...