Longtime programmer Jonathan Corbet tells the story of Linux and reveals what's made it successful over its three decades.

People have been talking about switching from Windows to Linux since the 1990s, but in the world of open-source operating ...

1 -Linux is Unix, True it's an entry level Unix, but Unix is Unix is Unix - Linux today being just about "just like" Sys VR4 a decade or so back. 2 -the Unix = RISC idea doesn't fly well either.

While UNIX laid the groundwork for modern operating systems, Linux harnessed the potential of open-source philosophy to democratize software development. As we navigate an increasingly complex digital ...

Intro. In shell programming languages like UNIX or Linux the text files conclude with a new line operator "\n" also known as the line feed and its ASCII code is 0A.. A DOS Text file concludes a line ...

Sandra Henry-Stocker was a programmer, Linux systems administrator, security engineer and Linux journalist for most of her 30-year career. She describes herself as "USL" (Unix as a second language ...

Stay tuned for Part 2 of getting started on the Linux (or Unix) command line. Related content. How-To Parameter expansion on Linux. By Sandra Henry Stocker. Jun 23, 2025 4 mins. Linux How-To ...

Crontab Guru Dashboard is a friend in the battle against running multiple cron jobs on different systems. Create, run, and ...

When I use Linux, I practically live in the terminal. As with any living space, I like to add my own touch when I move into a ...

Convert a Unix file to a Windows file using Perl: perl -p -e 's/\n/\r\n/' < unix.txt > windows.txt This command adds the carriage return characters to the Unix file and saves it in Windows format.