Unix was developed as a command line interface in the early 1970s with a very rich command vocabulary. DOS followed more than a decade later for the IBM PC, and DOS commands migrated to Windows.

Need a jump start on Unix networking? Whether you're working on your home network or setting up systems at work, here are some basic Unix commands and insights that might prove helpful. Once upon a ...

GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...

If you find your thrill delving into the networking side of Unix, you'll find that there are lots of commands to give you all the insights you might want. I will never forget my first ping. Working on ...

Everybody talks about computer security as if the term had a clear meaning, but it doesn't. So, to be clear, what I mean by it here is the maintenance of information integrity in a system - something ...

Keep in mind that most flavors of UNIX have a GUI printer administration tool. Several different environments are packaged with Redhat 9.0 Linux. This article will give you the basics on how printers ...

The MKS Toolkit isn't a single product, but a range of products for interoperability between Windows and Unix environments. I looked at two of these products—MKS Toolkit for System Administrators and ...

The MKS Toolkit isn't a single product, but a range of products for interoperability between Windows and Unix environments. I looked at two of these products—MKS Toolkit for System Administrators and ...