She describes herself as "USL" (Unix as a second language) but remembers enough English to write books and buy groceries. She lives in the mountains in Virginia where, when not working with or writing ...

The ncdu command provides a convenient way to review files and the disk space being used on Linux systems, but the file sizes may appear a little strange at first. The ncdu command provides a fast and ...

With a modest string of commands, you can get a quick look at what commands you're using on your Linux system and how often. Getting a summary of the commands you use on a Linux system requires only a ...

UNIX-based operating systems have man pages that describe how to use commands and functions, and the contents of the man pages can be viewed using the man command ( mandb). This man command had an ...

IBM is upgrading the high end of its System p5 servers with dual-core Power5+ processors, which the company says will deliver a 25% performance gain over existing models — in part through improvements ...

IBM last week unveiled upgrades to the high end of its System p5 Unix server line that add dual-core Power5+ processors. The new chips help boost system performance by 25 percent, the company said.

IBM is upgrading the high end of its System p5 servers with dual-core Power5+ processors, which the company says will deliver a 25 percent performance gain over existing models -- in part through ...