I have previously covered obtaining and installing Ubuntu Linux, and this time I will touch on desktop and server installations. Both types of installation address certain needs. The different ...

In the Linux environment, the file system acts as a backbone, orchestrating the systematic storage and retrieval of data. It is a hierarchical structure that outlines how data is organized, stored, ...

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 ...

While it may not be obvious to the casual user, Linux file systems have evolved significantly over the last decade or so to make them more resistant to corruption and performance problems. Most Linux ...

Linux Mint Debian 4, or LMDE4, is now available. Does it really matter whether you run this latest Linux Mint release, based on Debian Linux, instead of Linux Mint 19.3, based on Ubuntu Linux? The ...

Knowing which sudo or su command to run is important. Jack Wallen demystifies these two Linux admin tools. If you’re a new Linux admin, you probably at least know about sudo. Sudo stands for “super ...

Find out which Linux desktop GUI is best suited for four user types. Linux is all about choice. You can choose a distribution that best suits your needs, software that helps make you more productive, ...

A few months ago I bought an ASUS X540SA notebook, which I was quite pleased with as a low-priced system. The one thing about it that I was never really happy with was the 15.6-inch display, because ...