IDG Contributor Network: The beauty of links on Unix servers

Symbolic and hard links provide a way to avoid duplicating data on Unix/Linux systems, but the…

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…