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Linux apps can expand your Chromebook's capabilities and open up all sorts of interesting options — but first, you have to know where to begin.

Linux not only paved the way for open source success, but it has shaped how open source communities operate.

There are several ways to merge and sort text files on Linux. The command you choose depends on your data and preferences. Here’s a look at some of the options.

With a modest string of commands, you can get a quick look at what commands you're using on your Linux system and how often.

Users have several options when it comes to encryption tools for Linux. There are also some easy-to-use commands and a script that make the process even easier.

Extracting files from archives isn't difficult, but it can be tedious. An easier way is to assemble a series of extraction commands into a script that calls the proper command to extract the content of file archives depending on the archive file names.

Stressing your Linux servers can be a good idea if you'd like to see how well they function when they're loaded down. Here's a look at some tools that can help you add stress and gauge the results.

If you’re managing a Linux server, it’s good to be ready with a number of commands that you can use to check user activity – when your users are logging in and how often, what groups they belong to, how much disk space they’re consuming, what command they're running, how much disk space they're occupying, if they’re reading their mail and more. Here are some commands to help you do that.

Looping forever on the command line or in a bash script is easy. Coming up with the reasons why you want to interrupt an infinite loop and how you want to do that requires a little more effort.

Linux provides many commands for examining the contents of files including cat, more, head and tail, but that's just a start. Here's how to use the cat, more, head, and tail commands to look at the content of Linux files, not just text files.

There are several commands for finding files on Linux systems, but there are also a huge number of options that you can deploy when looking for them. Here’s a look at some of those options.

Happy Birthday, Unix! On Jan. 1, Unix turned 50 – or 1577836800 in epoch time. Sandra Henry-Stocker explores what this means for the operating system and its users.

Linux commands run from the nearly obvious to the very complicated, but there are many ways that you can easily remember and use even the most obscure commands.

Some simple Linux commands allow you to break up files and reassemble them as needed in order to accommodate size restrictions on file size for storage or email attachments.

Cumulus Networks just released CumulusLinux 4.0 and NetQ 2.4. With this release, Cumulus says its Linux is its most stable and reliable software stack yet and NetQ is the most comprehensive end-to-end network automation product.

What it means to freeze a terminal window and lock a screen -- and how to manage these activities on your Linux system.

If you’ve ever wished that you could line up multiple terminal windows and organize them in a single window frame, there's some good news. The Linux Terminator can do this for you.

The mv command is good when you want to rename a file on Linux. But if you need to rename a large group of files, the rename command is the better option.

Getting an idea how often your users are logging in and how much time they spend on a Linux server is pretty easy with a couple commands and maybe a script or two.

Log files on Linux systems contain a LOT of information — more than you'll ever have time to view. Here are some tips on how you can make use of it without drowning in it.