Most Linux problems aren't complex. They're poorly observed. These are the exact commands that I run before troubleshooting ...

Using Linux, especially as a server, often means dealing with new errors and resolving them. Most of them are easy to fix with just a web search. But some errors may require that you do some digging.

Modern network connectivity is light years ahead of what it once was. Even though it's much more reliable than it was in the 1990s, issues still come up -- which is why I'm glad that Linux includes a ...

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Troubleshooting anything comes with its own set of challenges, and in the case of Linux and Unix, it’s helpful to have a practical guide to the tools available to make the job easier. This is such a ...

Linux is constantly evolving, and with it the tools that its fans use on a daily basis. However, some of the classics such as iptables , which has been replaced by nftables , are now not only outdated ...

Click for a PDF with this and four other essential Linux articles. And, if you’ve ever heard anyone say that for Unix, everything is a file, you might not be too surprised to learn that lsof works ...

The commands below include basic Unix commands such as ls, cat, cp, mv, grep, etc. We will also talk about some of the shortcuts that can help you take control of your operating system faster and in a ...

In my last installment of this series I introduced a variety of GUI-based tools that can help you discover more about your system to help identify potentially troublesome components. This week we'll ...