The logrotate facility provides an automatic way for log files to roll over, basically ensuring that they don’t grow so large that they consume too much space on your disk. This also makes them more ...

How to monitor a Linux log file in real time Your email has been sent This must-know Linux command will make troubleshooting considerably easier. Quick: What’s the first thing you do when you need to ...

How to use syslog-ng to collect logs from remote Linux machines Your email has been sent Jack Wallen walks you through the process of setting up a centralized Linux log server using syslog-ng. Let’s ...

There exist many types of operating systems and each has specific front end and back end programs with varying compatible troubleshooting features similar to Linux. Most people may not be aware of ...

Linux is a computer operating system (Windows and Mac OS X are also examples of operating systems). The thing about Linux though is it comes in many many different forms and can run on pretty much any ...

This is a guest post from TechRepublic's Jack Wallen. For more posts like this see TechRepublic's 10 Things blog. The battle between Linux and Windows will most likely rage on for years to come. I can ...