If you need fast answers for what's inside, you can use a Bash script to obtain an inventory of hardware on your Linux system.

Whether you are creating backups, rescuing data, or burning bootable CDs, dd and mkisofs help you handle the job in style.

This month we look at tools for mounting and unmounting storage media.

Rsync lets you synchronize your data – on either a local or remote computer. You can even use Rsync with SSH to encrypt your data.

Innumerable processes may be running on your Linux system. We’ll show you how to halt, continue, or kill tasks, and we’ll examine how to send the remnants of crashed programs to the happy hunting grounds.

The cron and at utilities help automate processes on a Linux system. You can set up automatic backups or even wake up in the morning with a track from your MP3 collection.

The Irssi console chat utility is powerful yet frugal with resources. And Irssi’s scripting features make it a giant among chat tools.

Klik brings convenient two-click installation to the KDE desktop.