B efore I got obsessed with distro-hopping, I was terrified of the Linux terminal. Since I’d been a Windows user since my ...

A Linux terminal has a lot more features than the TeleType of yore. On a TeleType, text spews out and scrolls up and is gone forever. A real terminal can use escape characters to do navigate around ...

Then I discovered ttyd, with which I was able to turn my Linux shell into a live, shareable session in less than 30 seconds. It didn't need plugins or extra configuration. While understanding commands ...

The terminal may seem powerful, but it's not always as good as it sounds. Learn all the misconceptions of using the Terminal vs using the GUI ...

While many desktop Linux distributions provide an easy-to-use graphical user interface, there are times when you must perform certain work-related or system administration tasks using old-fashioned ...

Maybe you have a vintage old-school computer. Maybe you have a replica. Maybe you just want to run SIMH and relive the glory days of CP/M or VMS. The problem is, it looks kind of silly to have CP/M ...