In this article, I want to explain the importance of being able to foreground and background a process running in Linux. If you’ve never used this technique or have never heard of it, then you will be happy to learn that it exists on all Linux distros and making use of it can really enhance your productivity and workflow.

While you’re in the Terminal issuing commands, there is a file being updated in the background that you may not h

The Linux desktop has come a long way in recent years, and it's now a viable alternative to Windows for many user

If you’re like me, you can easily become overwhelmed with the sheer volume of email that comes into your favorite email client every day. Your Inbox can become bloated with messages from mailing lists you’ve signed up for, from companies and healthcare agencies that you work with, and so on. Open your Inbox and you’re immediately faced with 25+ emails or more that seem to stare you in the face and urge you to respond immediately to them, not at your own pace. 

Rsync is a Linux command-line tool that allows one to transfer files either to or from a remote host (but not bet

When setting up a Linux distro using an installer in your favorite hypervisor of choice, you'll need

The terminal that you normally access in a Linux distro is called the Pseudo-Terminal.

Is it possible to configure a server such that one can ssh into that server internally on a LAN while being able to ssh into the network interface that communicates on the WAN out to the Internet? How do we handle this? Do we just open port 22 for ssh for both LAN and WAN and call it a day? Is this going to pose a security risk by allowing port 22 traffic from the WAN internally to our LAN? Can we even do this? The answer to this question is, YES! How can we take care of this without posing an unnecessary risk on our server? The answer to this second question is simple.

I have been using AV Linux MX Edition 21.1 as my daily driver now for almost a year. This Linux distribution, originating from Canada sports the xfce desktop environment. AV Linux MX Edition is based on Debian Linux as well as MX Linux from which it gets part of its name.