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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 31

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Understanding the Linux kernel source

linux kernel linux-kernel source

oct 5 at 6:34 ire_and_curses 3,892

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Quick directory navigation in the terminal

shell command-line alias cd

feb 28 at 18:50 David R. McWilliams 41

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Why does mount require root privileges?

linux mount linux-kernel

feb 17 at 20:36 goldilocks 6,169

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When do you use brace expansion?

bash shell zsh ksh

mar 21 '11 at 0:11 Gilles 139k

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How do I remove a user from a group?

users group

may 4 at 23:56 user38537 11

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Why put things other than /home to a separate partition?

linux partition

dec 17 '11 at 6:14 MaxMackie 3,332

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Is there any option with 'ls' command that I see only the directories?

ls utilities

oct 24 at 10:17 sdf 1

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How can I move files and view the progress (e.g. with a progress bar)?

command-line rename cp

jan 20 at 19:45 rozcietrzewiacz 13.5k

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How can I use DD to migrate data from an old drive to a new drive?

linux freebsd partition storage cloning

apr 28 at 19:46 Anthon 3,260

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Mount Google Drive in Linux?

filesystems mount

jan 14 at 8:55 user1591276 11

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Where can I find documentation about the “sudo !!” command

bash sudo

may 14 '12 at 21:07 arielf 41

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Is there a way to communicate with someone at their desktop?

ssh xorg chat

may 13 '11 at 7:28 Gilles 139k

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How to forward X over SSH from Ubuntu machine?

ssh xorg xforwarding

jan 6 at 7:59 Joe 1

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How to create strong passwords in Linux?

security users password

may 5 at 14:03 cellar.dweller 339

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File system for an SSD drive

filesystems ssd

may 17 '11 at 16:50 Tok 1,474

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How do I find out which processes are preventing unmounting of a device?

process open-files unmounting

apr 7 '11 at 23:10 Gilles 139k

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Need advice in choosing a tiling WM

software-rec window-manager tiling-wm

apr 14 '12 at 10:14 Tshepang 7,920

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Copy and paste a file/directory from command line

command-line file-copy copy-paste

feb 27 '12 at 13:58 Meysam 263

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How to apply recursively chmod directories without affecting files?

shell find chmod

jun 1 '12 at 3:41 Mikel 13.2k

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Why do package names contain version numbers?

package-management apt aptitude version

aug 6 at 9:09 Warren Young 17.9k

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Getting information on a machine's hardware in Linux

linux hardware

may 31 '12 at 17:51 Mat 16k

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Screenshot of X from tty

x11 tty screenshot

dec 14 at 20:59 John Siu 1,693

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Are there pitfalls to putting $HOME in git instead of symlinking dotfiles?

git home version-control dot-files

mar 9 at 11:23 l0b0 5,683

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How to Navigate within bash's Reverse Search?

bash command-history search

may 24 '12 at 23:35 Gilles 139k

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Can I restrict a user to use special programs?

shell fedora gnome permissions account-restrictions

jul 10 at 8:19 utcursch 11

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ssh via multiple hosts

ssh multiple-machines

nov 24 '11 at 23:27 Anthony Hurst 1

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Can I launch a graphical program on another user's desktop as root?

xorg root session

mar 6 at 23:05 Gilles 139k

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How to find what other machines are connected to the local network

networking

mar 3 '11 at 4:03 Tshepang 7,920

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Sort images by aspect ratio

images

oct 9 at 5:20 Peter.O 8,015

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