The /etc/inittab file controls what happens whenever a Unix system is rebooted or forced to change run levels. Let's take a look at the configuration lines that tell your system what it's supposed ...

Creating a bootable USB drive let's you get hands-on experience with Linux without necessarily overwriting your system.

Download the Crouton files to create the chroot environment. This will create a pure Linux environment on the Chromebook. Follow this link to download the Crouton files. Make absolutely sure that you ...

Finally, when you run an Linux shell script in an Ubuntu terminal window, you need to prepend a dot slash (./) to the file’s name. If you don’t, Ubuntu will look on the operating system’s PATH for ...

How to run Linux with WSL on Windows 11 To install a Linux distro (such as Ubuntu) on Windows 11, use these steps: Open Start. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the ...

You can run a series of Linux commands to copy multiple files to a folder or copy a single file to multiple folders, but you can save time and trouble by using xargs, loops and scripts.

If you'd like to employ a Chromebook as a developer machine, you might be interested in a new multi-Linux container feature in Chrome OS 98. Jack Wallen shows you how to enable and use it.

When you install WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer, for easier access to the file systems of your installed distros, a Linux entry is added to the File ...