If you were asked to pick the most annoying of the various Microsoft Windows interfaces that have appeared over the years, there’s a reasonable chance that Windows 8’s Metro start ...

You should never have to work with the root user account on Linux, especially on a desktop installation. There can be occasions when you need to use root on a server. If you must use root, do so with ...

There are instances when a GUI file manager just won't work. When I run into those situations, there are several terminal-based options I go for.

You also don't need to switch to any GUI tool for checking or analyzing disk usage. Tools like ncdu, top, and htop show you ...