Jack Wallen walks you through the process of zipping and unzipping files in Linux from both the command line and the GUI.

If you're new to Linux, there's a very handy file you'll want to learn about right away. Jack Wallen introduces you to the hosts file and how to add entries to it.

Windows users are spoiled. Linux users can create and run shell scripts too, with a little more effort. Run shell scripts in Linux If you want to create a script and run it in Ubuntu, a few extra ...

Jack Wallen shows you how to locate files on the Linux directory hierarchy using the find command.

How to allocate RAM to a Minecraft server you run on a PC Finally, you may be running your own Minecraft server.

Here's a quick example of how to run a Jenkins war file from the command line, DOS prompt or terminal window in Linux/Ubuntu. The short story? java -jar jenkins.war ...

The Windows Subsystem for Linux is bridging the divide between Windows and Linux by letting you run Windows 10 programs directly within a Linux shell.

Let's look at how to run full Linux apps on your Chromebook. If anyone has said your Chromebook was limited now you can prove them wrong, as a feature from Google enables you to run full Linux ...

But, as most dedicated Linux desktop users will eventually discover, there comes a time when you just need to run a particular piece of Windows software on your Linux PC.

Write once, run everywhere: that's the slogan the Java community uses to propagate their language-of-choice. It's probably true, but only if you first manage to set up the beast on your box. This ...