Unix as a Second Language

IT leaders are under increased pressure to ensures systems can withstand natural disasters, attacks, and increasing storage and data accessibility needs.

Available this summer, the new BeamPro 2 promises more realistic telepresence visits with colleagues, customers, patients and others.

How are the Linux vendors addressing the recently-exposed Intel processor flaw? I asked Red Hat and got some solid answers. What is the nature of the problem? Discovered some time ago, but only just yesterday brought into public...

New Year's resolutions for Linux admins and users

ASCII plays a much more important role on our systems than generating techno-art. Let's explore the commands that allow you to see how it works.

Learn how to easily extract content from compressed Linux files — without having to memorize a suite of syntactical options

Some of the most useful commands for gaining insights into the packages installed on your Linux system — Debian style

Linux systems offer lots of options for compressing files. Here's some advice for choosing the ones best for you.

Helping to usher in the Industry 4.0 era, NXP Semiconductors announced OpenIL, a Linux distribution meant for smart factory automation.

Thanksgiving is tomorrow. While I’m looking forward to turkey, stuffing and pie, I’m also thankful to have been able to spend most of my career administering Unix and Linux systems. So, today’s post is going to focus on some of...

Creating command groups in /etc/sudoers can make managing user privileges easier and smarter.

Some helpful hints for using sudo — the command that allows admins to administer user system privileges

To remain relevant — and employed — not only do you have to keep your skills up to date, but you might have to embrace the IoT explosion.

Suitable Technologies' Beam telepresence systems elevate remote meetings and interaction with remote staff and customers.

What Linux commands bring up visions of monsters and ghosts? Let’s look and see!

How to use the ip, ethtool, traceroute, tcptraceroute, and tcpdump commands to see what's up with your network on Linux systems.

To make sure files aren't removed accidentally when running the Linux find command, use the -ok command. It will ask for permission before removing any files.

Linux systems provide a lot of useful commands for reviewing network configuration and connections. Here's a look at a few, including ifquery, ifup, ifdown and ifconfig.

Ping commands are useful, but would-be attackers often use them to identify systems. To prevent that, we show you how to get your system to ignore these requests.

The /proc file system provides amazingly detailed views into your processes and your system's guts.