Linux may not be the most user-friendly operating system, but it's certainly one of the most productive. And a major reason behind this is the availability of a wide array of keyboard shortcuts you ...

I've been using the Linux shell for about 20 years. Although I found it powerful from the beginning, there are some things I wish I'd known when I first used it. The first thing that most people new ...

If you're a columnist for ZDNet and you put the words Linux and mainframe in the same sentence (which I've done), all sorts of people will come out of the woodwork to give you their opinion. I've been ...

I hate doing things the hard way. That's why I love using shortcuts, customizing key bindings, and using command line tools for good reason: efficiency and speed. On Linux Mint, I discovered I could ...

The Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide has a great list of essential Linux keyboard shortcuts. These are the Linux command quickies that are most conducive to quick Linux computing; anything from ...

Nearly everything can be edited somehow in a Linux system, and that includes what each key press does. The gHacks blog shows us how to create global application shortcuts that fire up Firefox, a text ...

If you come from the world of Windows, you undoubtedly understand the concept of a shortcut. In the Linux world, shortcuts do exist, but they're generally referred to as symbolic links, or symlinks.

Android 17 QPR1 beta 6 introduces a customizable “Keyboard shortcuts” menu inside the Linux Terminal app’s settings. Users can toggle individual shortcuts on or off and assign their own custom key ...

COMMENTARY--If you're a columnist for ZDNet and you put the words Linux and mainframe in the same sentence (which I've done), all sorts of people will come out of the woodwork to give you their ...