Why would I want to pay for something I can get for free? I've got plenty of reasons.

I was surprised by which Linux commands I stopped using.

All scripts start with a shebang ( #!/bin/bash ). You can make notes in your scripts by putting a # in front of an ...

Sure, virtually all Linux distributions are free. But added features, extended support and other special powers are often well worth a small price.

Users typically consider storage to be cheap and relatively unlimited, and even some administrators might think this way. While storage disks continue to increase in capacity and generally decrease in ...

If you've been around Linux long enough, you probably have certain features you wish would have never gone away. These are ...

Setting up aliases on Linux systems can save you a lot of time and trouble on the command line. This post shows how to set up and manage aliases and provides a number of examples on how and why to use ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

Forced updates that start on their own, ads popping up all over the OS. The feeling of being left behind even though your ...

He has loved computers since he got the Lenovo G570 in 2012. Abhishek holds a master's degree in computer applications and began his writing career in 2018. He loves writing how-to articles, listicles ...

The locale settings in Linux systems help ensure that information like dates and times are displayed in a format that makes sense in the context of where you live and what language you speak. Here’s ...