Learn what drop-in (.d) directories are in Linux and how they help manage configuration files safely. Keep main config files ...

The Linux Mint team showed off in its October blog post progress on the System Reports tool, which is being overhauled and ...

The way the Linux file system is laid out makes perfect sense. I've been using Linux for so many years that I can't imagine another file system making more sense. When I consider how the Windows file ...

Learn what .pacnew files are in Arch Linux, why pacman creates the pacnew files, and how to safely merge or replace them ...

Here's how to use screenfetch and neofetch commands to display some of the most important configuration information on your Linux system. Two very useful tools for extracting essential details on your ...

Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart of the Linux kernel and the file system. A computer file system is a ...

Managing authentication and authorization in a large-scale network is a challenge: the passwords need to be set and rotated every now and then, access to certain configuration settings needs to be ...