Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart ...

The way the Linux file system is laid out makes perfect sense. I've been using Linux for so many years that I can't imagine another file system making more sense. When I consider how the Windows ...

There are a number of Linux commands that will display file system types along with the file system names, mount points and such. Some will also display sizes and available disk space. The df ...

Removing files and directories using the Linux command line is very efficient and can be used directly, or when accessing a ...

The Linux file system starts with a single root directory, which is straightforward to navigate and manage. You can use basic ...

Let’s take a look. Linux came about in the mid-1990s, when then-student Linus Torvalds was tasked with creating a disk driver so he could read the Minix file system. (Minix is a POSIX-compliant ...

With fairly little effort, you can copy files from Windows to Linux or Linux to Windows. In this post, we’ll look at what is needed to configure your Linux and Windows system to allow you to ...

A computer science student by the name of Linus Torvalds wrote the first signs of Linux specifically for his Intel 386-based machine running MINIX. He didn’t create a complete operating system ...

In a sense, the hosts file acts as a local DNS server. Let’s say you’ve deployed the InvoicePlane invoice management system on a Linux machine within your local LAN. The IP address of the ...