Warren Young

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Software developer, professional since the early 90s, amateur back to the mid 80s.

First touched a Unix box in 1989 or 1990. First got paid to do so in 1993.

Pixel pusher for fun, mostly photography, but some 3D (my avatar is one of my pieces) and 2D art.


239 Answers

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Understanding the Linux kernel source
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Why is echo a shell built in command?
38
Is Mac OS X UNIX?
35
Software developer switching from Linux to OS X, what are the gotchas?
34
Why does '/' have an '..' entry?
31
ZFS under linux, does it work?
29
locate vs find: usage, pros and cons of each other
29
Any funny *nix one-liners?
27
What protocol/standard is used by terminals?
26
Keep SSH Sessions running after disconnection
26
Any funny *nix one-liners?
24
Why is the terminal case-sensitive?
22
Why do package names contain version numbers?
22
How do I get the MD5 sum of a directory's contents as one sum?
22
How is new hardware support added to the linux kernel?
21
Any funny *nix one-liners?
19
How did they manage to drive a Unix computer before mice and copy & paste?
19
Contents of /proc
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Two different /etc/hosts depending upon the time
18
Where does Mac OS X come from?
17
Why is cd not a program?
17
What is /usr/local/bin? Came across it in an script installation for Applescript but would like to know more
17
What installer types should commercial software use to support Linux?
16
How to partition 22TB disk?
16
How to change the hostname of a linux machine using terminal?
15
What is the difference between kernel drivers and kernel modules?
15
What is a spinlock in Linux?
14
How can I use ffmpeg to split MPEG video into 10 minute chunks for YouTube upload?
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How can I reserve a block of memory from the Linux kernel?
14
Why do hard links exist?
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