Various Linux user groups took booths at the Linux Expo this week, staking out their territory in the manner of Monty Python's Judean People's Front and the People's Front of Judea. Only in the Linux ...

Linux is a multi-user environment, which means more than one user can use the system at one time. Granted, that mostly takes the form of console access (via SSH), because you can't easily have two ...

In Linux, groups play a central role in managing user permissions and access control. Whether you're an experienced system administrator or a curious new user, understanding how to list and analyze ...

The original idea of user groups was to help professional and/or people of common interest in some area or product e.g. Linux, MySQL, PHP etc. This was because the people held the knowledge and it was ...

On Linux, the umask defines how new files and directories inherit access rights. Linux uses your current umask value to ...

For the past several years, Microsoft has been watching, and reacting, as open-source advocates around the world have encouraged the adoption of the Linux operating system. Now the uprising has ...

A room strewn with slightly worn, yet comfortable couches, donated computer equipment and a collage of CDs spelling out “UCLA” hanging on the back wall is a haven for the technologically savvy and the ...

Khang Tran, Brian Kiralyfalvi and Minh Tran try out Linux games Saturday at Exploration Place. The computers were run by WuLUG, the Wichita State University Linux Users Group, which is trying to spur ...

Hey, I was wondering if there are any good Linux User Groups (LUGs) in the Boston metro area. I know there are a fair amount of people here from the Boston area as well as Caesar and the boyz. I was ...