From wobbly windows to Windows running Linux, the Linux desktop has had one wild ride!

If you use the Linux command line often, you might forget which commands you've used recently. The history command is there to give your mind a jog. History does repeat itself — at least with regards ...

The .history file in Linux – whether ~/.bash_history, ~/.zsh_history or ~/.history – provides ways to track and reuse commands that you have recently run. This post suggests how you might make good ...

Linux shells like bash have a convenient way of remembering commands that you type, making it easy to run them again without having to retype them. Just use the history command (which is a bash ...

Twenty years ago, the tech landscape looked very different from that of today. Cell phones were a luxury of the rich, and the devices themselves were pretty dumb. Microsoft ruled the desktop landscape ...

Ever wonder where Tux the penguin came from? Jack Wallen offers up a bit of a history lesson. Way back in 2008, I had my arm inked with the Linux mascot. Of course, when I look back at the photos of ...

29-years in the making, the Linux kernel just accepted its millionth commit. The greatest open-source project of all time has come a long way from its "hobby" beginnings. If you’re new to Linux, you ...