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Are you new to Linux and resisting the terminal? Or perhaps you're a longtime passionate user like me? Regardless, learning ...

Do you think of the command line as an antiquated leftover from the past, or an old fashioned way of interacting with a computer? Think again. In Linux, the command line remains the most flexible and ...

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

A few months ago, a friend of mine who knows I work for Linux Journal asked if I could help him install a Linux distribution on his home computer. He's a part-time student and didn't want a repeat of ...

Where do IT fundamentals fit in our modern, cloud- and abstraction-driven engineering culture? I was recently discussing the Sysadmin/DevOps/IT industry with a colleague, and we started marveling at ...