Why switch to Linux? More security, more privacy, and freedom from vendor lock-in. And these distributions are as simple to install and use as MacOS or Windows.

Before you take the plunge and devote time and hardware to experimenting with Linux, let's cover the basics of this free OS. Though its design varies substantially from what you are used to in the ...

Now, if you want to really get the most out of Linux, or are considering a career as a Linux administrator, you'll need to learn considerably more… including the command line. N ...

Linux Mint 13 will feature an entirely new user interface, called Cinnamon. Earlier this week, the Linux Mint developers released a version of the shell.

Bucking the trend of increasingly experimental desktop interfaces, the developers behind the Linux Mint are adopting a simpler desktop for the next version of the open-source Linux distribution ...

Linux user admin is fundamental. Yet, even so, often users can run for years without really knowing what tools are doing when they make accounts. Here's the real skinny on it.

If you're not yet comfortable with writing scripts on Unix and Linux systems, this post might get you off to a healthy start.

Whether your Linux box has hundreds of users or just one account for you and one for your dog it is important to understand how Linux user accounts work. There are GUI tools for this within GNOME ...

by Adam Harvey When using Linux, you will see words such as 'shell', 'grep', and 'process'. Engineer Carl Riis has learned the meaning and mechanism of such basic Linux terms from various websites ...

We take a look at ufw - the uncomplicated firewall - on Linux, providing some insights and commands for making changes.