The terminal isn’t a black box. These beginner commands help you navigate, find files, manage apps, and undo mistakes with ...

"Where are my custom formats? I spent hours getting them right. Now, when I open a new document, they're gone." This panicked cry, or ones similar to it, are posted almost daily to the OpenOffice.org ...

Stubbornly, OpenOffice.org continues to ship with only a handful of templates. Despite the efforts of several sub-projects and individuals to change the situation, the standard OpenOffice.org download ...

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

Getting started with Linux can be more than a little daunting. In this article we help you learn the commands needed to find your way around and teach you how to find out more on your own. Share on ...

There are certain Linux commands I consider essential. They range from networking, troubleshooting, and file viewing. They're also easy enough for new users to learn. Even though I've been using Linux ...

Commands that provide help are essential. Here's a look at some of the help you can get from the Linux system itself. Even after you’ve used Linux for a while, you will still find yourself needing ...

In the beginning days of Unix and later Linux, disks were physically large, but very small in terms of storage capacity. A 300 megabyte disk in the mid-90’s was the size of a shoebox. Today, you can ...