Linux System Administrator Projects

If you are looking to gain some experience as a Linux system administrator, check out the list of ideas below. For each project on the list you could do it on multiple Linux distributions. You could also start about by learning the bare minimum necessary to complete one of these projects, then take it to … Read more

What is Linux?

In this article, you will learn what Linux is, where Linux came from, what a Linux distribution is and some of the reasons that Linux is favored for certain applications and projects over other operating systems. Linux is an Operating System First and foremost, Linux is an operating system. An operating system is simply a … Read more

Linux Distribution Introduction and Overview

GNU Opened the Door That Linux Walked Trhough The free software movement began in 1983 when Richard Stallman launched the GNU Project. GNU, by the way, is a recursive acronym that stands for “GNU’s Not Unix!”  His goal was to create a totally free and open source operating system compatible with Unix. He and other software … Read more

Create, Build, Test Drive, or Deploy Your Very Own Linux Server with Full Root Access

We’ve covered four ways to get access to a Linux shell account, but most of those methods do not allow you to run commands as the superuser, also known as root. You can learn a lot with a normal user account, but if you want to start getting into the system administration aspects of Linux … Read more