Linux 101: What are stopped jobs on Linux, and how do you use them? Your email has been sent Have you ever gone to exit out of a Linux terminal, only to be warned there are stopped jobs? What are ...

Much to the chagrin of those who would like to malign the Linux operating system, it's actually quite easy to use. Thanks to modern GUI desktop environments and applications, anyone can jump into the ...

Sudo lets you run any terminal command as another user — hence "substitute user" — but the default and most common use for it ...

Linux runs on hardware as diverse as the Raspberry Pi and powerful supercomputers, making it a flexible choice of operating system. Linux can be used via a graphical user interface similar to Windows ...

Drawing from the communications world, services fall in one of two broad categories, immediate or deferred. Immediate communication services include teleconferencing, on-line chat, etc.; while ...

As Terry Lambert, the developer behind Linux ancestor Unix, once said, "It is not Unix's job to stop you from shooting your foot. If you so choose to do so, then it is Unix's job to deliver Mr. Bullet ...

I’m a big fan of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. One of the quotes from it that stands out in my head is, “Man fears the darkness, and so he scrapes away at the edges of it with fire.” For ...

Linux is constantly evolving, and with it the tools that its fans use on a daily basis. However, some of the classics such as iptables , which has been replaced by nftables , are now not only outdated ...