Linux

Linux is the best-known and most-used open source operating system. As an operating system, Linux is software that sits underneath all of the other software on a computer, receiving requests from those programs and relaying these requests to the computer’s hardware. Learn more on our what is Linux resource page.

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12 extensions for your GNOME desktop

Add functionality and features to your Linux desktop with these add-ons.

How Hexdump works

Hexdump helps you investigate the contents of binary files. Learn how hexdump works.

Copying files in Linux

Learn multiple ways to copy files on Linux, and the advantages of each.

Linux keys on the keyboard for a desktop computer

Goodbye, Linux Journal

Linux Journal's coverage from 1994 to 2019 highlighted Linux’s rise to an enterprise platform that runs a majority of the world’s servers and services.

Navigating the Bash shell with pushd and popd

Pushd and popd are the fastest navigational commands you've never heard of.

5 tools to support distributed sysadmin teams

Navigating the filesystem with relative paths at the command line

Learn the difference between absolute and relative paths and how to use them, and save yourself a lot of time and potential trouble.

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