I've used both Linux and MacOS for years. But if you have to decide between them, ask yourself these seven simple questions.

Unix is designed to maximize performance through economical memory use. The operating system uses protected memory -- a memory allocation system whereby a given block of memory can only be ...

Not as a Server . One of the most common criticisms I hear about Arch Linux is that it's a rolling release distribution, ...

With 16GB of RAM, you can open far more tabs in your browser, do some gaming, use virtual machines, develop, and create video ...

With both systems constantly evolving, there's no better time to delve deeper into the world of operating systems and the endless possibilities they offer. The ongoing evolution of UNIX and Linux is a ...

Need to move files between Unix and Windows? No problem. There are several different ways of doing just that. One will surely meet your need.

A fascinating little point made in a much longer piece about the smartphone wars. One that makes me wonder whether Unix can now be considered to be the most successful operating system of all time ...

While today’s Unix systems primarily store configuration files and system start-up files in /etc, the focus in those early days seems to have been on the characterization of these files as being ...

The System Center Monitoring Pack for UNIX and Linux Operating Systems isn't yet supported on Windows Server 2012, which is currently at the "release candidate" test stage.

How can you create email on the command line -- or even better within scripts -- to tell you what's happening on the servers you manage?

To allocate a UNIX System Services directory, create the directory if necessary, then allocate the directory using any standard method, such as a JCL DD statement, a TSO ALLOCATE command, or a ...