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Squish, Bang, Zip… So You Want to Archive and Compress/Decompress Files?

Let's continue now with our series of articles introducing new Linux Adventurers to the Linux shell, the command line, and command line editing.Sometimes, there...

Meet the Guru: Interview with Ultimate Linux Guru Matthew Fillpot

  Last week the Linux Foundation announced the winners of its Ultimate Linux Guru contest. The winner? One of the top five gurus from last...

LF Collaboration Summit Preview: TI’s Bill Mills on Yocto Project

 The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit is just two days away, and we were excited to be able to reach Texas Instrument's Bill Mills, chief...

Particularly Exciting Week in Linux

  Linux is usually exciting, but this past week brought several nice developments. Slackware announced another developmental milestone for their next version. Bodhi Linux reached...

Distribution Release: Zenwalk Linux 7.0 “Openbox”

Markus Muttilainen has announced the release of Zenwalk Linux 7.0 "Openbox" edition, a Slackware-based distribution featuring the lightweight Openbox window manager: "Zenwalk Openbox 7.0...

Arch Steps Up – Debian Takes a Backseat

I recently did some soul searching regarding my GNU/Linux philosophy. I found that I wasn’t being true to myself.For years now, I’ve run Slackware...

Manage System Startup and Boot Processes on Linux with Upstart

  Want to start, stop, and manage services on your Linux box? Then you need to familiarize yourself with Upstart and take control of your...

Security tip: Avoid fork bombing on popular distro (check your system)

Few days ago I've talked with another Linux technician, a very smart guy with great experience and competence, in a skill test I've seen...

Introduction to Linux

   What is Linux?So many products are referred to as Linux or Linux distributions because they are all built on the Linux kernel. The Linux...

Linux Video Part 3: The X Window System

THE X WINDOW SYSTEM  Preamble This is the third article in the "Linux Display Anatomy". Here we are covering the the general X server system...