Just spent some time figuring it out. Figure I'd put it here for anybody else who may care and for future reference for myself in case I am on a system without access to my normal notes. There are two ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: Awhile back, you answered a DOSBox question for me (Geek Note: IGTM #723, May 30, 2021 and IGTM #779, Jun 26, ...

To make the best use of the ss command, it’s important to understand what a socket is. A socket is a type of pseudo file (i.e., not an actual file) that represents a network connection. A socket ...

There are several ways to monitor network traffic on Linux. You should regularly check on incoming and outgoing traffic. One of the best tools for this is iftop. Linux has a tool for everything.

The Command Line terminal is one of the most useful Windows tools available to the average user (or to advanced users, for that matter.) It allows you to bypass programs and issue commands straight to ...

Soon it will be 2016 — the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese Zodiac’s 12 year cycle. People born in these years (e.g., 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 2004, and now 2016) are supposed to be ...

Windows, Microsoft, and third-party software makers supply numerous useful tools for the command line — but these are not always easy to use. Graphical user interfaces (GUI), on the other hand, ...