I'm not gonna lie: I don't give FreeBDS (or any of the BSDs) the attention they deserve. The reason for that is simple: I'm a Linux guy. But isn't FreeBSD Linux? It looks like Linux, it smells like ...

Of all the Linux commands, rm is notorious. It's easy to completely wipe out your system with one mislaid rm command as root.

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Kali Linux has released version 2025.4, its final update of the year, introducing three new tools, desktop environment improvements, and enhanced Wayland support.

Learn how Nix Darwin reads flake configs to define dependencies and outputs, giving you repeatable macOS installs with fewer ...

Back in the early days of Linux, there were multiple floppy disk distributions. They made handy rescue or tinkering ...

We list the best Linux terminal emulators, to make it simple and easy to better manage command line inputs when using Linux. This can be especially important because the terminal is effectively the ...

Learn 20 powerful Linux tips and tricks to work faster in the terminal. Practical command-line shortcuts used by real Linux ...

We list the best Linux distros for beginners, to make it simple and easy to move from Windows or MacOS to Linux. Choice is perhaps the biggest strength as well as the biggest weakness of Linux. There ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Virtual assistants will soon be as commonplace as smartphones -- in many parts of the world, they already are. Most smartphones have a built-in ...

Logs, databases, and caches grow under /var. Learn why Linux admins monitor the /var directory to prevent disk issues and service failures.