In an earlier installment of Linux Fu, I mentioned how you can use inotifywait to efficiently watch for file system changes. The comments had a lot of alternative ways to do the same job, which is ...

The watch and tail commands can help monitor activity on Linux systems. This post looks at some helpful ways to use these commands. The watch and tail commands provide some interesting options for ...

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 ...

File sharing is a fundamental aspect of networked computing, and in Linux environments, two of the most prevalent protocols facilitating this are NFS (Network File System) and Samba. This article aims ...

The file manager might not be a feature on your desktop that you've ever considered changing, but once you've seen a better option, you can't unsee it. I've used nearly every file manager on the ...

With so many Linux distributions out there to choose from, there’s nothing like a good survey to offer fresh insight as to who’s using which ones. Focusing on the server realm, I already reported ...