Are you someone that is confused by terms like ARM, AArch64, x86_64, i386, etc when viewing a datasheet or downloads page of a software? These are called CPU architectures and I will help you dip your toes in this topic of computing.
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I’m sure you must have used the ls command to list the contents of a directory. In Ubuntu and many other distributions, you’ll see the ls command output in different colors. If you don’t see it, you can get colored output like
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In the world of Linux, few debates have stirred as much controversy as the battle between the traditional System V init system, often known as SysVinit, and the newer systemd. In this article, I’ll briefly discuss what systemd is, what advantages and
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An exit code or exit status tells us about the status of the last executed command. Whether the command was completed successfully or ended with an error. This is obtained after the command terminates. The basic ideology is that programs return the
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You may have heard this in a number of forums and discussions on the internet. Linux is just a kernel And that made you curious. Is it a kernel? Is it an operating system? What’s the difference between the two? I’ll answer
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I hope you are familiar with the concept of package managers and repositories. A repository is basically a web server that has packages (software). The package manager gets these packages from the repositories. How does the apt package manager know the address
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You never realize that typing text on the computer could be complicated until you have to deal with other languages. See how Unicode helps in such cases.
LibreOffice and FreeOffice are two popular choices when it comes to a free alternative to Microsoft Office. Here’s how these two office suites are similar and different.
apt remove and apt purge are two similar commands used for uninstalling applications in Ubuntu and Debian. So, what’s the difference?
Btrfs is the talk of the Linux town. And if you curious about this filesystem, read about its features and pros and cons over other filesystems like ext4.