New to Linux? This 10-day checklist will help you settle in nice and easy ...

If you need help with Linux, try these outlets. You might not get an answer immediately, but one will come. These are all free to join and enjoy (just watch out for trolls). Linux is about community, ...

Commands that provide help are essential. Here's a look at some of the help you can get from the Linux system itself. Even after you’ve used Linux for a while, you will still find yourself needing ...

Efforts to stop Linux from splitting into incompatible versions--the plight that hobbled Unix--move forward as key companies get behind a standardization plan. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

A disclaimer: There's no real such thing as a Linux laptop. Linux will work on just about any PC, and I mean that literally. Remember the Intel Pentium 4 processor? It came out in 2000, and it's still ...

Linux built-ins are commands that are built into the shell, much like shelves that are built into a wall. You won’t find them as stand-alone files the way standard Linux commands are stored in ...

Also in today’s open source roundup: How to install Linux on a Mac, and is it worth it to install Linux on a MacBook? There is an interesting subset of Linux users that prefer to run it on a Mac. Yes, ...