When was the last time you had to create a zip file? Personally, I have to interact with those types of files all the time (either receiving or sending them to various clients, family, and friends).

Have you ever needed to save the contents of your clipboard for later usage? When that happens, you probably open a new text document or note, paste the contents to the file and save the file for ...

The Disks app takes over some more challenging commands, such as fsck, mount, parted, chown, and dd. This app is a handy GUI that also prevents you from having to edit the fstab configuration file ...

Creating a bootable USB drive is a cornerstone skill for anyone interested in exploring different operating systems or working in system administration. A bootable USB drive allows a user to boot into ...

Get to know the Linux hosts file and how to use it Your email has been sent If you're new to Linux, there's a very handy file you'll want to learn about right away. Jack Wallen introduces you to the ...

You use the chmod command to set each of these permissions. To see what permissions have been set on a file or directory, we can use ls command options. We can use the -l (long format) option to have ...

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 command ...