Linux provides a number of ways to control who has access to your files and what kind of access they have. Keeping your files private from anyone but those with superuser (root) access is easy on ...

In this how-to, we’ll look at the zip command, a useful utility that enables us to specify lists of files, set a level of data compression and create compressed archives. Whilst you become accustomed ...

When was the last time you had to create a zip file? Personally, I have to interact with those types of files all the time (either receiving or sending them to various clients, family, and friends).

So I want to compress some ripped DVDs in Linux. Alright, I can just hear (read?) the moral comments right now. Just FYI, these are not videos to be shared on a campus network or Kazaa/Gnutella. I ...