The biggest challenge for Windows XP users switching to Linux Mint is having to change the programs you've known and used for years. Fortunately, some programs are available on both Linux and Windows.

Linux benefits from the strongly-principled ethos of Unix design. Programs communicate via text, you can combine them via pipelines, and they do one thing well. Beyond that, though, programs can act ...

The first one lets you draw that cool ASCII art without any typing.

I found a new Linux distro that's a productivity powerhouse right out of the box ...

Linux skills are in growing demand in today’s IT hiring landscape, and there are many ways to bolster those skills both online and off. Whereas many such offerings target IT professionals, however, a ...

Every culture has its myths and prophecies. For Linux users, it was “The Year of The Linux Desktop.” The idea: someday in the future, likely soon, everyone is going to notice how great Linux is and ...

There’s no doubt that demand for IT professionals with Linux skills is growing rapidly, and earlier this year I wrote about a brand-new certification program targeting newcomers to the open source ...