Hidden files in Linux begin with a period and, by default, file managers do not show them. Many apps clutter your home directory with hidden files, but the XDG Base Directory Specification offers ...

Let’s see what we can do to that home directory to make it more secure. We’ll start with the easy tip first. I’ll be demonstrating on a freshly installed Ubuntu 17.10 desktop.

If you find a reason to move the Linux home directory from one drive to another, Jack Wallen has the step I’ve had a few instances in which relocating the HOME directory on either a Linux ...

Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart ...

However, because Assam2 contains files, I couldn't use these commands, and Linux returned the message cannot remove Assam2: Directory not empty. To remove a non-empty file, use the command rm -r .

After introducing some encrypted filesystems available for Linux, this article explains how to create an encrypted home directory that is automatically mounted at login time and unmounted at logout.

swapnil@ubuntu:~/Downloads $ It means you are now in the Downloads directory. If you want to see the content of that directory just run the ‘ls’ command.

Jenkins Home on Windows defaults to a folder named .jenkins in the home directory of the user that starts the Jenkins server. On my own Windows 10 Jenkins server, where the user is named Owner, the ...

Most Linux distributions place the user’s files — documents, e-mail, just about anything they create with an application — in a directory, typically named /home/username>.

Using the smb.conf file, I have made my serrano home directory (/home/easwaran) and the /tmp directory on serrano visible to the Windows 95 machine. The names in square brackets, [easdir] and [cdrom], ...