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

Sometimes, a somewhat obscure Linux distribution might be just what you're looking for. Is either CachyOS or Nobara the one?

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

"Vibe coding may be a horrible, horrible idea from a maintenance standpoint, if you actually tried to make a product," Torvalds said. Reading time 2 minutes Vibe-coding, the AI-assisted form of ...

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 However, some of the classics such as iptables , which has been replaced by nftables , are now not only outdated ...

The ls command, short for “list,” is a Linux command that’s used to display files and directories in the terminal. In most cases, it is used to get an idea about the files in the working directory and ...

If you’re using a Linux computer, operations are vastly different as compared to Windows and macOS. You get both a graphic user interface and a command line interface. While GUI seems to be the easy ...

In an ideal world, you'd lead a long and happy life only ever shutting down and restarting your PC via the Start menu. Click the power icon, choose your option, and you're done. However, life doesn't ...

I've been using Linux for a very long time, and from day 1, the terminal window and command-line interface (CLI) have been an integral part of my work. At the same time, I've learned that it's OK to ...

One of the simplest ways to run a command in the background is by appending an ampersand (&) at the end of the command. This method instructs the shell to execute the command as a separate background ...