You should never have to work with the root user account on Linux, especially on a desktop installation. There can be occasions when you need to use root on a server. If you must use root, do so with ...

Learn how to migrate to MX Linux from another distribution without losing /home data using Replace Existing Installation ...

Skip one-click backup apps. This rsync script gives you full control over what gets saved and when, plus logs and a few hard-won lessons.

Firefox 147 released with XDG directory support ending a 20-year Linux bug, auto Picture-in-Picture, better AMD video ...

The game-changing features that make WSL2 the ultimate choice for Linux on Windows rather than dual-booting.

Logging in as the root user should never be done on Linux. Using the root account could lead to disaster. Sudo is the preferred method of gaining elevated privileges. When I first started using Linux ...

The terminal is a powerful tool that makes interacting with any Linux-based operating system easy. One such task that every user needs to do is navigating the file system. In Linux, to change the ...

Creating new folders is one of the most basic tasks in Windows, but sometimes Windows 11 throws an unexpected error where the “New Folder” option doesn’t work ...

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered two local privilege escalation (LPE) flaws that could be exploited to gain root privileges on machines running major Linux distributions. "These modern ...

Linux server administrators, it's time to get your patch on. The boffins at Qualys, a security firm well known for its excellent SSL configuration tester, found a pair of security vulnerabilities that ...