How-To Geek on MSN

Linux terminal: 9 easy commands to boost your speed

The terminal isn’t a black box. These beginner commands help you navigate, find files, manage apps, and undo mistakes with ...
XDA Developers on MSN

10 terminal commands that helped me finally understand Linux

Sudo lets you run any terminal command as another user — hence "substitute user" — but the default and most common use for it ...
Network World

Linux commands for getting help

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 ...
PC Magazine

Unix commands

Unix was developed as a command line interface in the early 1970s with a very rich command vocabulary. DOS followed more than a decade later for the IBM PC, and DOS commands migrated to Windows.
Linux Journal

7 Important Linux Commands for Every Linux User

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 ...
Network World

10 Unix commands every Mac and Linux user should know

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 ...
Linux Journal

Basic Linux Commands

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 ...
ZDNet

5 fun Linux commands you should try at least once

I've been using Linux for a very long time, and from day 1, the terminal window and command-line interface (CLI) have been an integral part of my work. At the same time, I've learned that it's OK to ...
ZDNet

5 Linux commands you need to have ready - just in case

I use the Linux command line daily, but that's because I learned Linux the hard way and those old lessons stuck. Most users could go their entire Linux lifetime and never run a single command. Some ...
TechRepublic

9 network commands every Linux admin should know

If you’re considering adding Linux to your data center, or your company is looking at promoting you to become their first (or next) Linux admin, you probably understand there are lots of commands to ...
Computerworld

Unix Tip: NTP Commands

Last week’s column introduced NTP, the Network Time Protocol and the concept of highly accurate timekeeping. While numerous commands exist to help system administrators maintain fairly accurate time ...