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What is the exact difference between a 'terminal', a 'shell', a 'tty' and a 'console'?

may 18 at 10:43 firo 41

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What is the purpose of the lost+found folder in Linux and Unix?

filesystems directory-structure lost-found

nov 15 at 14:12 Bram 697

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Understanding the Linux kernel source

linux kernel linux-kernel source

oct 5 at 6:34 ire_and_curses 3,922

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Any reason NOT to run Linux in a VM all the time?

arch-linux virtualbox virtual-machine virtualization

may 1 at 17:11 Mikel 13.5k

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Unix & Linux pranks

humor

jan 20 '12 at 14:09 Nikhil Mulley 3,641

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Why do directories need the executable (X) permission to be opened?

linux permissions directory

jun 8 at 19:11 Jake 1

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Which GUI diff viewer would you recommend?

software-rec gui diff

feb 18 '11 at 17:29 wazoox 354

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What's the difference between /sbin/nologin and /bin/false

apr 7 '11 at 23:11 penguin359 4,119

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What's the difference between $(stuff) and `stuff`?

shell command-line command-substitution

jun 9 at 9:25 Tshepang 8,157

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Why do we use su - and not just su?

linux permissions su conventions

feb 28 '12 at 8:08 Coren 2,181

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Package bash-completion missing from Yum in CentOS 6

centos yum

feb 7 '12 at 22:13 Kevin 11k

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What's the difference between /etc/rc.local and /etc/init.d/rc.local?

configuration startup

dec 31 at 21:03 Gilles 144k

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How linux handles multiple path separators (/home////username///file)

directory filenames slash

jan 24 '12 at 1:04 Gilles 144k

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Why isn't Linux embraced as the official GNU kernel?

linux-kernel gnu hurd

may 27 at 8:47 user2384250 66

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Wildcard in /etc/hosts file

hostname

oct 21 '10 at 11:04 Cry Havok 597

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How do I know if a partition is ext2, ext3, or ext4?

linux ext4 ext3 ext2

jan 15 at 15:36 zacharyalexstern 1

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How do I tell I'm running in a chroot?

chroot

9h ago Gilles 144k

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How to “jail” a process without being root?

permissions not-root-user jails

jan 10 at 17:22 imz -- Ivan Zakharyaschev 1,796

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Can a command line program prevent its output being redirected?

io-redirection xinput

feb 2 at 12:47 kabu 1

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How to get text of a page using wget without html?

linux wget

aug 8 at 8:29 njsg 2,990

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The result of ls * , ls and ls *

directory ls wildcards

may 14 at 16:05 Stephane Chazelas 33.1k

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Why is dmesg called dmesg?

history command dmesg

may 21 at 15:27 Salton 446

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How safe is it to cat an arbitrary file?

terminal cat special-characters

1d ago slm 11.3k

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Is there a simple linux command that will tell me what my display manager is?

command-line display-manager

sep 12 '11 at 20:55 charlesbridge 516

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Vi vs vim, or, is there any reason why I would ever want to use vi?

vim vi

jan 19 at 2:48 jlliagre 7,955

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Why does mount require root privileges?

linux mount linux-kernel

feb 17 at 20:36 goldilocks 6,349

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How does vim steal root owned files?

permissions vim

dec 23 at 0:48 gertvdijk 2,800

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In what situations would a user not let the shell record his command into history?

bash shell command-history

may 17 at 15:18 JohannesM 110

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When should I use a trailing slash on a directory? [duplicate]

linux directory filenames slash

oct 11 at 15:07 Josh 1,540

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Purpose of /dev/zero?

filesystems

jan 31 at 13:15 Konerak 511

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