These small utilities solved frustrations I didn't know I could avoid.

If you use Linux, chances are you're familiar with the command line. The shell is a powerful command-line interface, but you can think of running commands as a kind of programming. Here's why. The ...

Linux commands often have long lists of options they support, many of which are single-letter mnemonics. These can be tricky ...

Files, permissions, processes, networking, packages and disks: the Linux commands you actually use, with syntax and examples, and the ip and ss tools that replaced ifconfig and netstat.

I’m not a programmer, but I dabble in both Python and Golang. As I’ve learned the ins and outs of these languages, there are certain tools I’ve depended on to help me get up to speed or work more ...

This course provides an introduction to Kernel programming for the Linux operating system, and the development of Linux kernel drivers for Embedded devices. The Yocto build system is introduced, which ...

For most of us who didn’t do well in high school English class, spell checkers are a real game-changer. Sure, you can still swap a “to” and a “too,” but a spell checker will catch a lot of typos. But ...

Both the Windows and Linux operating systems include applications that would be useful for either operating system. Unfortunately, to use Linux programs in Windows, you would typically need to find ...

In this TechRepublic How to Make Tech Work video, Jack Wallen shows you the step-by-step process of compiling a C++ program on Linux, using Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 for his demo. I am going to show you ...

The Unix underpinnings of Mac OS make it feel familiar and accessible to programmers used to working in Unix-like environments. Apple’s Xcode IDE and other development tools are thoughtfully crafted ...