Congratulations — you’ve reached the final lesson of CLI:Basics!By now, you have enough command-line skill to be comfortable working with Linux at a basic but real-world level. Today, we’re wrapping the series by looking at basic networking troubleshooting commands — simple but powerful tools you’ll use all the time. Let’s jump in: 🌐 Checking Your…
In this part of the CLI:Basics series, we’re tackling process management — learning how to view, control, and manage running tasks on your Linux system. Whether you’re dealing with frozen apps or just checking system health, these commands are essential Linux skills. Here’s what we covered: 🧠 Viewing Processes with ps Tip: 🔫 Terminating Processes…
In this part of the CLI:Basics series, we’re diving into disk utilities — essential tools to view disk space, partitions, and devices. Today’s goal is to keep it simple and practical, setting you up to expand into deeper disk management later in CLI:Advanced. Let’s jump in: 🧮 Checking Disk Space with df 📂 Checking Directory…
This post wraps up the File Management portion of our CLI:Basics series.We’re moving a little deeper now — into permissions, ownership, and file previews — so you can start managing your Linux system with full confidence. Let’s dive right in: 🔐 Understanding File Permissions (chmod) Tip:Using symbolic (u, g, o, +, -) is often more…
Welcome back!In this part of the CLI:Basics series, we’re continuing to build your Linux file management skills with another set of must-know commands. Today’s focus: moving, copying, creating, and deleting files and directories — real-world tasks every Linux user needs to master. Let’s dive in: 📂 Moving Files and Directories with mv Tip:Always double-check your…
Welcome back!In this CLI:Basics entry, we’re continuing to focus on real-world Linux command line fundamentals — perfect for new users, Windows expats, and anyone wanting to become more comfortable at the terminal. Today’s topics are essential file management skills that you’ll use daily in any Linux environment, whether you’re running Mint, Fedora, or even planning…
In this post (and the video), we’re going to walk you through dual-booting Windows 11 with BitLocker enabled alongside Fedora 42 Workstation.We are not turning BitLocker off — we are doing it properly while keeping your data protected. Why BitLocker Matters for Dual Booting BitLocker is Microsoft’s full-disk encryption. When you change the boot environment…
Welcome back to the CLI:Basics series! In this post, we’ll cover essential user management commands for Linux. Even if you’re the only user on your system, it’s important to understand how user accounts and groups work—because on Linux, you are the system administrator. Whether you’re managing one account or one million (okay, probably not literally),…
Welcome back to the CLI:Basics series! In this post, we’re going to cover how to search for files, patterns, and specific content on your Linux system using core terminal tools. Whether you’re trying to find a lost file or narrow down log entries, these commands are essential. We’ll go over the following: Let’s get started….