The tar command on Linux is used to create and extract TAR archive files. Run "tar -czvf archive-name.tar.gz /path/to/file” in the Terminal to compress a file or folder. To extract an archive to the ...

Ubuntu's Gnome-based graphical user interface lets you open and view business documents saved in the PDF format using the Nautilus file manager and a few mouse clicks. Since Ubuntu is a Linux ...

I have my MP3 library stored on my ubuntu computer and have not begun to use Unison to sync to an offsite computer. Unison seems to have issues with any files with apostrophes in the name. With a ...

Ubuntu 8.10, the release of the popular Linux distribution due out Oct. 30 (and code-named Intrepid Ibex), will give every user an encrypted private directory by default, one that mounts with you at ...

Canonical gave up on operating its Ubuntu One cloud storage service more than a year ago, but this week it released the system's file-syncing code under an open source AGPLv3 license. Though Canonical ...