If you're just now coming over to Linux, you might have noticed there are a lot of distributions to choose from. One of your first choices will be what base you want to use. Here's a bit of help.

You should never have to work with the root user account on Linux, especially on a desktop installation. There can be occasions when you need to use root on a server. If you must use root, do so with ...

The default behavior of ping on Linux and other Unix-like systems is different from Windows. On Windows, the ping command ...