One year on Linux, two distros, a few tears, four desktop environments, and zero regrets about leaving Windows.

Skip one-click backup apps. This rsync script gives you full control over what gets saved and when, plus logs and a few hard-won lessons.

Fresh is an easy-to-use and poweful text editor for the terminal. It takes many things we love about modern graphical editors ...

TLDR and Cheat don't replace man pages; they complement them. They're perfect for day-to-day learning and quick reference ...

I really have too many tray icons. You know the ones. They sit on your taskbar, perhaps doing something in the background or, ...

Abstract: The Linux shell is a command-line interpreter that provides users with a command interface to the operating system, allowing them to perform various functions. Although very useful in ...

Editor's take: Microsoft is doubling down on its plan to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic AI" platform, and in the process seems determined to strip away the last bits of user agency left in the OS.

The Linux terminal isn't nearly as hard as you think. Understanding the fundamentals will help get you started. These concepts apply to all Linux distributions. When many think about Linux, they think ...