One of my favorite utilities on the Linux command-line, and block storage is one of my favorite features on Linode's platform, so in this article I get to combine both of these together - because what ...

Our back up was successful. How to back up a local Linux directory to a remote Linux host with rsync Your email has been sent There are countless ways to back up data on the Linux platform. One of the ...

I hate to admit it, but I’ve screwed up many times throughout the years when it’s come to using computers. My first big “Oh shi!” moment came when I was about 8-years-old, goofing around on my ...

If you need to share or transfer files between Linux machines, you have plenty of options. Here are some you might not have considered.

Andrew Tridgell's rsync is a useful file-transfer tool, one that has no encryption support of its own but is easily “wrapped” (tunneled) by encryption tools such as SSH and Stunnel. What ...

Tired of typing long commands in a terminal? Here are some GUI alternatives you can swap in for classic Linux terminal tools.

One of the things I love about Linux is that it comes with a huge suite of software and utilities that can be very powerful. Some of these utilities go un-noticed or are not widely known. In this ...

If you’ve used the Linux terminal, you’re probably familiar with sudo. For those who aren’t, it’s a godsend command that, when placed before another command, lets you run it with administrator ...