To get started as a Linux (or Unix) user, you need to have a good perspective on how Linux works and a handle on some of the most basic commands. This first post in a “getting started” series examines ...

Unix was developed as a command line interface in the early 1970s with a very rich command vocabulary. DOS followed more than a decade later for the IBM PC, and DOS commands migrated to Windows.

Use these Linux commands to quickly search and find anything from the Linux terminal, without digging through folders in a GUI file manager.

Ubuntu 24.04.x LTS (Noble Numbat) - runs on all of CSIL workstations, and all MPCS workstations. - exception: workstations in SRYE 3024 and SRYE 4024 run Windows only for Fall 2025. Please read ...

Memory is still one of the things that most determines how well your Unix servers will perform. Knowing what commands will tell you what you need to know and what their responses mean will help keep ...

The file systems in Linux, macOS, and other Unix-like operating systems don't use separate volume identifiers for storage ...

There are several softwares to convert text files from UNIX or Linux to DOS operating systems and vice-versa. However, it always helps to know the manual conversion. In shell programming languages ...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) - runs on CSIL VDI, most of CSIL workstations, all CSIL Linux CPU servers and all MPCS workstations. - exception: workstations in SRYE 3024 and SRYE 4024 run Windows ...