Learn to start, stop, and restart Linux services easily with systemctl and service commands. Essential tips for Linux server management.

Linux is a free operating system that can breathe new life into an old PC. And it’s surprisingly easy to install and start using.

Your Linux server is powerful, but are you taking advantage of all it has to offer? Linux expert Jack Wallen developed the "From start to finish series" to help you make the most of the OS.

Trying Linux is easy—you can even install it on a USB drive or disc to try it out before committing. Enter the world of open-source here.

And one of the easiest ways to start using Linux — even before you’ve committed hardware to it — is to run Linux in “live” mode.

Once upon a time, using Linux without the terminal was unthinkable. Now? For average users, the terminal is totally optional.

1. SSH In my piece on how to start using the new Linux terminal on your Android device, I walked you through enabling the Linux Terminal app on Android as well as installing SSH.

If you work with Linux, or you just want to test drive the OS, you can use Hyper-V to create a virtual machine with the distro you like alongside Windows 10.

After earlier detailing how to use a .bat file to launch the Horizon client to a Horizon desktop and then adding start-up functionality to the taskbar and Start menu, Tom Fenton turns to Linux.