User Tobias Kienzler - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

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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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Understanding the Linux kernel source

linux kernel linux-kernel source

oct 5 at 6:34 ire_and_curses 3,902

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What are your favorite command line features or tricks?

shell command-line

oct 7 '11 at 12:21 Stéphane Gimenez 8,062

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What if 'kill -9' does not work?

process kill

mar 28 at 14:16 user36035 1

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What is the benefit of compiling your own linux kernel?

linux kernel compiling

jun 17 '11 at 21:07 Caleb 23.2k

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How to set default file permissions for all folders/files in a directory?

permissions directory

apr 30 at 20:38 Vincent Scheib 283

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Remember a half-typed command while I check something

bash command-line

aug 7 at 8:23 altern 197

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Colorizing your terminal and shell environment?

shell bash colors prompt

1d ago Lucas Jones 356

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What are your favorite painful Unix moments

humor

jan 27 '12 at 21:09 Kevin 10.6k

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How to split the terminal into more than one “view”?

shell terminal screen

may 15 at 7:03 Narga 1

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How do I choose a graphics card for Linux?

linux xorg graphics hardware-compatibility

oct 18 at 14:47 Community♦ 1

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Different linux distros sharing the same /home folder?

partition mount

jan 25 '11 at 18:54 wag 7,843

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When do you use brace expansion?

bash shell zsh ksh

mar 21 '11 at 0:11 Gilles 140k

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Any funny *nix one-liners?

humor

sep 15 '11 at 13:59 manatwork 9,653

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Is it possible to configure Bash so that STDERR can be a different color than STDOUT?

bash terminal colors

nov 2 at 10:42 Stephane Chazelas 29.6k

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How to strip a Linux system?

linux disk-usage small-distribution strip kiosk

may 2 '11 at 0:00 Gilles 140k

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Non-Root Package Managers

package-management yum root not-root-user

jun 2 '12 at 16:40 Michael Ekstrand 331

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why not kill -9 a process?

linux kill process-management

mar 9 '11 at 12:29 Shawn J. Goff 12.9k

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Linux Kernel: Good beginners' tutorial

linux kernel linux-kernel

may 5 at 20:41 Anthon 3,278

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Installing Grub (2) on a USB flash drive

grub usb boot-loader dual-boot iso

feb 27 at 15:41 rahmu 4,570

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How to grep standard error stream (stderr)?

grep io-redirection ffmpeg

jul 18 at 6:44 user1107450 1

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Looping through files with spaces in the names?

bash scripting text-processing find filenames

may 13 at 6:57 user1746460 1

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Why does Linux scale so well to different hardware platforms?

linux hardware

feb 21 '11 at 6:30 BillThor 3,096

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Kernel Hacking Environment

linux kernel debugging development serial-console

jan 18 at 0:55 vonbrand 5,500

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Make program first read from pipe, then from keyboard

command-line pipe cat stdin

nov 15 at 23:27 Gilles 140k

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How is new hardware support added to the linux kernel?

linux kernel drivers

jan 4 '11 at 2:08 Michael Mrozek♦ 23.7k

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What happens when a USB drive is plugged in?

usb hot-plug

jan 12 '11 at 21:45 ewindisch 519

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Is screen useful?

terminal screen

jan 3 '12 at 18:05 Not Now 937

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Colors in Man Pages

apr 30 at 3:08 Anthon 3,278

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What are the advantages of Btrfs for end users?

filesystems btrfs

aug 9 '11 at 20:02 kce 772

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