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If you’ve ever used a drive formatted with Linux and tried to access it on a Windows system, you’re likely to have problems, especially if the drive uses the NTFS file system. Even though NTFS is ...

Hidden files are a standard feature in Linux. Some applications save configuration files and other data in hidden files or folders that aren't visible by default. Fortunately, Linux makes working with ...

Abdullah Amin is a certified Google Data Analyst. If you’re thinking about creating your own Linux distribution, it can be a really exciting project, especially if you want an OS that’s perfectly ...

Creating a .desktop file in Linux allows you to launch applications directly from your desktop or start menu, enhancing your productivity and user experience. This guide will walk you through the ...

Ever struggle with conflicting software versions between projects? Nix-shell can help! Nix-shell allows you create customized development environments for each project, complete with all the necessary ...

Shufflecake is a simple, yet highly powerful filesystem encryption utility for Linux. Unlike traditional disk encryption schemes, Shufflecake works by not only encrypting the data inside a filesystem ...

First, you have to create a script to copy files from the source folder to the destination folder. We will use the xcopy command for this. The syntax of the command will be as follows: xcopy "path of ...

Unlike Windows, Linux doesn’t typically care about file extension when determining whether something is executable. Instead, it looks at file system data known as inodes to make this decision. Because ...