Symbolic and hard links provide a way to avoid duplicating data on Unix/Linux systems, but the…
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IDG Contributor Network: Nine ways to compare files on Unix
Sometimes you want to know if some files are different. Sometimes you want to how they're…
IDG Contributor Network: The secrets of password aging on Unix systems
If you're a Unix admin, it helps to know how password aging is managed and how…
IDG Contributor Network: Humble Bundle lassos Python
In another of its big digital book bundles, Humble Bundle has just partnered with no starch…
IDG Contributor Network: How to learn Unix/Linux
Every month or two, someone asks me how they should go about learning Unix. The short…
IDG Contributor Network: Lesser known but still handy Linux commands
Some Linux commands that might not be sitting in your top favorites list can still come…
IDG Contributor Network: Unix tip: Using bash on Windows
The fairly recent appearance of bash on Windows, more properly known as “bash on Ubuntu on…
IDG Contributor Network: Highlights from Mobile World Congress 2017
You might not realize it, but you just missed Mobile World Congress 2017 – the largest…