Earlier this week, The Linux Foundation announced that it would be working with edX, a non-profit online learning site governed by Harvard and MIT, to make its “Introduction to Linux” course free and ...

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Linux is the most widely used operating system in the world. The core software component of the Linux operating system is the kernel. Some of its roles include managing hardware interactions, ...

We'll start out by introducing you to Mono (very briefly because you've probably had this pounded down your throat for the past 2 years) then we'll present some code and screenshots that demonstrate ...

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, ...

Another guest LinkLetter author! This week, CSO Senior Editor Scott Berinato begins his ongoing series of reports on trying to live in a completely Linux desktop world. Quite haphazardly, I decided to ...

At its recent Build conference Microsoft introduced the second version of its Windows Subsystem for Linux. It’s a major reworking of the original WSL concept, moving away from translating Linux system ...

I recently posted a somewhat scathing look at the state of gaming on Linux. It took some folks by surprise. As I said in that piece, I’m a Linux advocate but I’m also a critic. However, it would be a ...

Logical Volume Manager (LVM) helps you manage your storage better by introducing a layer of abstraction over your storage hardware. When you’re freed from hardware limitations you can use more than ...