Every month or two, someone asks me how they should go about learning Unix. The short answer is always “use it” or maybe as much as “use it — a lot.” But the detailed answer includes a lot of steps ...

The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction is the better way. Instead of overwhelming Unix neophytes with a brand new way of thinking, it gets off the ground with some very basic operations. Open ...

Look at almost any mission-critical computer system in the world—servers, workstations, embedded computers, and many more—and ...