Steve Emms, Author at LinuxLinks

Excellent Utilities: lsd – next gen ls command

lsd is billed as the next gen ls command. It’s free and open source software. Here’s our review of the program.

dust gives an instant overview of which directories are using disk space. It’s name derives from the du command and that dust is written in Rust.

Mastodon is a free and open source microblogging platform similar to Twitter, but with user privacy and decentralization in mind.

This article explains the fundamentals of manipulating files from the shell. We explore cp, mv, rm and mkdir using Ubuntu 21.04.

lfs is an open source utility that lists your file systems improving on the venerable df utility in a number of ways.

Ubuntu has a very different file system compared to Windows. It’s organized in a completely different way designed to offer more security.

July 2021 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

Tootle is a multi-functional Mastodon client that is well designed and intuitive to use.

We explain the main ways you can get help direct from your new Ubuntu system.

In this article we’ll take you through the basics of files and permissions. We’ll use the ls command. Part of the Linux for Starters series.