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

With -w, grep will match “error” but skip things like “errors” or “terror.” The difference can be subtle, but when you’re ...

It was an ordinary grey autumn day in 1993. You came home from work at Hewlett-Packard, feeling a little tired. You had a small two-room apartment on the outskirts of N town. There was a low-alcohol ...

We list the best Linux distros for beginners, to make it simple and easy to move from Windows or MacOS to Linux. Choice is perhaps the biggest strength as well as the biggest weakness of Linux. There ...

We list the best Linux distros for developers, to make it simple and easy to program your coding projects on stable Linux distros. While Linux has a reputation for being primarily for coders and ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Virtual assistants will soon be as commonplace as smartphones -- in many parts of the world, they already are. Most smartphones have a built-in ...

GrepFunc provide a single function, grep, which imitates Unix's grep functionality, but operate on lists and variables instead of files. The function accept a single string, an iterable, or an opened ...

Cron persistence is a common Linux malware technique. Learn how it works, how to detect it, and how to remove malicious cron ...

Learn how to record terminal sessions on Linux using Asciinema and convert them into clean animated GIFs for READMEs and ...