The mark of a craftsman is his familiarity with his tools, the speed with which he can use them to solve simple problems, and his cleverness in using them to solve more complicated challenges. The ...

Microsoft plans to build more Unix features into future versions of its Windows Server operating system and cease work on its separate Services For Unix product. Historically, Microsoft has provided, ...

You can make your life a little easier and more productive by adding some Unix power to your Windows system. For a fairly extensive collection of Unix tools — including most of the essentials like ...

Hoping to entice enterprise customers who are replacing costly Unix systems with alternatives, Microsoft Corp. has updated its set of tools designed to give Unix users a hand in moving to its Windows ...

We’re not talking about the kind of funny that starts off with three Unix administrators walking into a bar. Were that the case I might be able to explain why Brendan Gregg’s collection of “freeware ...

With some funding from Google and the U.S. Energy Department, a pair of computer scientists at Dartmouth University are updating the venerable grep and diff Unix command line utilities to handle more ...

In recent times, the security aspect of information technology has received considerable attention, and large organizations have dedicated security teams to keep tabs on vulnerabilities in their ...

You've been typing the wrong commands for years. Linux moved on, and nobody bothered to tell you.

Linux old-timers revel in reminding newcomers that they used to have to do everything by hand, at the command line, uphill, both ways, with duct tape for shoes. What really gets some of these folks ...

Discover the Linux distros that offers a familiar Windows-like experience and don't make thing more complicated.