Search your Linux machine for information about a certain package.

To find information about a certain package on a Linux machine, the man command is very useful, but it does not show all man pages that could contain valuable information. The apropos command is what is required to find all pertinent information. This example below shows how to use this command to find all manual … Read more

Getting started with Linux. The first steps.

Linux has grown rapidly during the past few years, and so has the IT world’s awareness of it, following the media groundswell surrounding Linux in 1998. Back then it was the latest hot new thing to enter the realm of IT. Now, the hype has leveled out and the facts are starting to establish themselves. … Read more