GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...

Many hands make light work.

Here are some warm-up exercises for anyone just starting to use the Linux command line. Warning: It can be addictive. If you’re new to Linux or have simply never bothered to explore the command line, ...

Working on the command line is an integral part of being a successful Linux user. You need to have a firm grasp of certain commands to work effectively. There are even certain commands that you must ...

Linux might sound scary for first-time Linux users, but actually, it isn’t. Linux is a bunch of open-source Unix operating systems based on Linux Kernel. These operating systems are called Linux ...

It’s a testament to how far Linux has come that users today don’t typically have to use the command line if they don’t want to. Such is the quality of the graphical user interfaces in many modern ...

When I need to work with Linux user accounts, I tend to default to the command line. Sure, there are GUIs for this purpose, but I find the command line to be more efficient and effective at this task.

Keep in mind that most flavors of UNIX have a GUI printer administration tool. Several different environments are packaged with Redhat 9.0 Linux. This article will give you the basics on how printers ...

Lifehacker reader Michael writes in with a nifty tip that was lurking in our comments all along, but deserves to see the bright light of posting. If you're already using the Unix-like Cygwin, it's an ...