When using Ubuntu, user-defined tasks can be performed by executing a script at startup and shutdown. Each of these scripts is a little particular and requires subtle modifications in order to include ...

The Windows Subsystem for Linux is bridging the divide between Windows and Linux by letting you run Windows 10 programs directly within a Linux shell.

However, you can easily create a shell script that contains a file — even an archive of many files — and then retrieve the file and act on it at run time.

Jack Wallen shows how you can create a Linux shell script that requires a password without having to save a password within the script.

If you want to get some of the power of Kali Linux on your Ubuntu distribution, Jack Wallen shows you how to do so with the Katoolin install script.