User Austin Hemmelgarn

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What are Non-GNU versions of terminal commands?

answered Aug 27, 2023 at 12:59

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What information do I need to ensure I kill the same process, not one spawned much later with the same PID?

answered Apr 17, 2023 at 0:41

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Why is an OS installed on a USB thumb drive so much slower than a live OS running off the same thumb drive?

answered Sep 22, 2017 at 19:13

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If the maximum size of a ZIP archive is 4 GB then how can I have a 33 GB ZIP archive?

answered Dec 29, 2022 at 20:58

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How does Linux know where its swap partition is?

answered Feb 20, 2018 at 20:21

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What's the difference between a binary file and a library?

answered Sep 7, 2017 at 12:27

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Understanding mmap

answered Aug 29, 2017 at 17:36

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What is the reason for having or restricting file owner's permissions?

answered Apr 18, 2022 at 11:32

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Why avoid using "&&" in bash script?

answered Jan 4, 2022 at 12:47

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Why isn't something like compound syscalls implemented?

answered Feb 10, 2023 at 3:22

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What happens if I start too many background jobs?

answered Apr 29, 2019 at 19:50

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What's the difference between localtime and timezone files?

answered Aug 9, 2017 at 14:21

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Why do special device files have inodes?

answered Aug 7, 2017 at 14:48

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Ways to keep files in /tmp?

answered Dec 22, 2024 at 14:00

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How does automount work in modern Linux distributions like Ubuntu?

answered May 19, 2023 at 1:20

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Why is the base system of Live ISOs for Linux distros usually stored with squashfs?

answered Dec 6, 2021 at 12:56

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Union mount on Linux

answered Aug 17, 2017 at 17:39

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What's the difference between setting open file limits in /etc/sysctl.conf vs /etc/security/limits.conf?

answered Jul 18, 2017 at 17:07

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If using while read loops for text processing in bash is bad...what should I do, then?

answered Aug 10, 2021 at 2:17

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64-bit Linux and x86_64-v1 micro-architecture

answered Nov 20, 2024 at 2:52

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Get size of btrfs directory which may contain subvolumes

answered Apr 9, 2018 at 19:26

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How is allowing login for a sudo group member safer than allowing root login?

answered Oct 19, 2020 at 0:00

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Minimalistic ext4 filesystem without journal and other advanced features

answered Jul 24, 2023 at 16:45

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Removing a file from a Debian package without removing the existing file on upgrade

answered Sep 21 at 17:50

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What are the benefits of running a docker container inside a VM vs running docker containers on bare metal?

answered Aug 15, 2018 at 19:55

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What command does nemo use to mount drives

answered Sep 25, 2017 at 16:15

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How to clear ext4 filesystem of partition in arch

answered Oct 3, 2017 at 12:12

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What is the nicest a Unix command can be?

answered Oct 12, 2017 at 18:51

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ENOSPC: Why is `btrfs balance` required? What does it do?

answered Jul 12, 2017 at 19:49

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How does mount determine the default mounting options for newly attached filesystems?

answered Aug 16, 2017 at 11:50

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270 Answers

What are Non-GNU versions of terminal commands?

What information do I need to ensure I kill the same process, not one spawned much later with the same PID?

Why is an OS installed on a USB thumb drive so much slower than a live OS running off the same thumb drive?

If the maximum size of a ZIP archive is 4 GB then how can I have a 33 GB ZIP archive?

How does Linux know where its swap partition is?

What's the difference between a binary file and a library?

Understanding mmap

What is the reason for having or restricting file owner's permissions?

Why avoid using "&&" in bash script?

Why isn't something like compound syscalls implemented?

What happens if I start too many background jobs?

What's the difference between localtime and timezone files?

Why do special device files have inodes?

Ways to keep files in /tmp?

How does automount work in modern Linux distributions like Ubuntu?

Why is the base system of Live ISOs for Linux distros usually stored with squashfs?

Union mount on Linux

What's the difference between setting open file limits in /etc/sysctl.conf vs /etc/security/limits.conf?

If using while read loops for text processing in bash is bad...what should I do, then?

64-bit Linux and x86_64-v1 micro-architecture

Get size of btrfs directory which may contain subvolumes

How is allowing login for a sudo group member safer than allowing root login?

Minimalistic ext4 filesystem without journal and other advanced features

Removing a file from a Debian package without removing the existing file on upgrade

What are the benefits of running a docker container inside a VM vs running docker containers on bare metal?

What command does nemo use to mount drives

How to clear ext4 filesystem of partition in arch

What is the nicest a Unix command can be?

ENOSPC: Why is `btrfs balance` required? What does it do?

How does mount determine the default mounting options for newly attached filesystems?