You may have installed Ubuntu or any other Linux distro on your PC alongside Windows. But maybe now, you don’t want to use Linux anymore. In this case, you will end ...

No matter how high-capacity your storage drive is, you always need to see how much space you have used and what files are using it. While there are ways to do this from the GUI in Linux, as always, ...

In the comments on my recent posts about installing Linux on a netbook for a novice user (see my recommendations and my own results), someone mentioned that figuring out the disk partitioning was very ...

Linux 101: How to delete files and folders from the CLI Your email has been sent When you’re using a GUI, deleting a file and/or a folder is as simple as right-clicking and selecting delete. But when ...

Back in the days when Macs had hard drives we all had tons of space on our Macs, but the SSDs that feature in our Macs now are more limited in capacity, and high-res video, photos, music and other ...

Understanding how to manage your software from the terminal is the first step to becoming a Linux power user. By the time you're done reading this, you'll be able to comfortably manage software from ...

A symlink or "symbolic link" is a Linux file that simply points at another file. If the referenced file is removed, the symlink will remain but not indicate there's a problem until you try to use it.

The Linux operating system is well known for its powerful command line functionality. As a system administrator, I operate a few hundred Linux servers and most of them don’t even utilize a graphical ...

The package management system on Linux makes installing and upgrading software a snap, but it also caches every package in a local folder in case it's needed again. Here's how to clear that cache and ...