Linux

Linux

2024-11-13 2013-05-05
Swap management and swappiness
2024-11-01 2013-04-30
atime / ctime / mtime
birth creation touch
2024-08-09
KVM
2024-08-01 2004-12-07
/etc/fstab
noatime
2024-06-24 2014-11-02
Debian backports
2024-06-22 2009-03-06
GNU/Linux file tree
apt cron dev etc lib log modules passwd proc shadow sys var
2024-06-22 2009-08-19
How to create a .deb package ?
2024-06-21 2022-01-25
How to extract a Debian .deb package ?
2023-11-27 2020-12-09
system vs regular user accounts
2023-10-02 2018-04-10
Process priority (PR) vs niceness (NI)
2023-07-31 2005-09-19
What are inodes ?
2023-07-20 2014-08-26
How to stop the /usr/sbin/ModemManager process and prevent it from restarting ?
2023-07-03 2004-04-19
File permissions and setuid / setgid / sticky bits
rwx, rws, rwt, suid, sgid
2023-04-18 2017-11-03
Comparison of filesystems
Btrfs, ext, JFS, OpenZFS, ReiserFS, XFS, ZFS
2023-04-17 2014-12-11
Hard and soft (aka symlinks) links
2023-03-01 2018-12-26
Filesystem in USErspace aka FUSE
2023-02-22 2013-06-27
How to recover deleted / lost / corrupted files ?
scalpel
2023-02-21 2010-06-23
Permission denied when trying to write to the filesystem
ACL SELinux
2023-02-13 2023-01-12
Phased updates
2022-10-11
What are the /etc/something.d/ directories for ?
2022-09-21
Why do some of my processes have a PPID value of 1 ?
2022-08-22 2001-11-16
How to get information on your system ?
32 bit, 64 bit, cores, CPU, dmidecode, kernel, lshal, lspci, monitor, motherboard, partitions, RAM, SATA, shell
2022-03-24 2012-02-22
/etc/shadow
2022-03-08
/tmp
2022-01-20
/etc/profile
2022-01-16
/dev/random
2021-07-07 2016-02-11
/etc/group
2021-06-14 2014-08-14
How to setup a ramdisk ?
/dev/shm, /run/shm, /tmp, ramdrive
2021-05-26
How to install software on RHEL with the install DVD only ?
2021-04-06
/etc/apt/sources.list
2021-04-06 2014-01-24
Debian repositories
sid, stable, testing, unstable
2021-02-04
How to find which filesystem any specific file belongs to ?
2020-12-06 2019-02-20
/etc/sudoers
insults, NOPASSWD
2020-11-20 2012-02-22
/etc/passwd
UID, GID
2020-11-10 2003-01-29
Environment Variables
2020-09-29
How to mount filesystems automatically at boot ?
autofs, NFS, CIFS
2020-09-24 2017-12-01
How to optimize SSD usage ?
2020-03-22
How to free space on the / (aka root) partition ?
2019-10-08
/bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin & al.
2019-10-02
Linux namespaces
2019-09-11
DBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Accounts was not provided by any .service files
LightDM
2019-09-09
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
2019-06-18
cgroups
2019-06-04
Debian Stretch : how to install openssh-client version >= 7.7 ?
2019-05-28
/etc/resolv.conf
2019-04-26 2014-07-10
/proc/meminfo
2019-03-14
How to build a statically linked binary for a 32bit environment on a 64bit platform ?
2018-08-08 2002-11-06
How to deal with the kernel modules ?
2018-02-06
Why can't I delete or rename a file I own with 700 rights ?
2018-01-08 2015-11-25
Some processes that caught my attention for a reason...
2017-12-28 2003-10-10
Fiddling with the MBR
2017-12-01
How to specify custom mount options for the root filesystem "/" ?
2017-10-25 2016-06-09
init scripts
startup
2017-06-23
HowTo's of package management with apt and dpkg
2017-06-08 2016-01-19
Timezones & daylight saving changes
tzdata, zdump
2017-06-08 2001-11-05
How to manage users and groups
/etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group, lastlog
2016-11-30
Why isn't my /etc/cron.hourly/jobName job executed ?
2016-11-30
What's the difference between @hourly crontab jobs and /etc/cron.hourly/jobName jobs ?
2016-11-20
When are executed the @hourly / @daily / @weekly / @monthly / @yearly CRON jobs ?
2016-11-20 2002-06-26
Runlevels
2016-03-20
I'm having DNS resolution issues and /etc/resolv.conf is continuously overwritten
2015-12-03 2005-11-23
How to reconfigure locales on Debianoids ?
2015-11-02
/proc/26207/fd/3 -> socket:[145565953]
2015-10-09 2005-10-17
How to create a test file having a specific size ?
dd, fallocate
2014-09-24
Linux performance tools
2014-09-11 2012-12-08
How to create a loop filesystem ?
2014-08-21
/var/log/auth.log is missing
2014-05-11 2009-10-23
How to set the CPU frequency ?
2013-12-18
Format of /proc/loadavg
2013-05-17 2013-05-02
How to limit users' resource usage ?
limits.conf, ulimit
2013-04-29
How to alter environment variables of a running process ?
gdb
2010-10-03 2001-11-07
How to install software from sources with .tar.gz, .tgz, .tar.bz2, .tbz packages ?
2010-08-05
How to monitor the CPU temperature ?
2009-07-02
Generate a custom and optimized /etc/apt/sources.list
2003-01-15
LILO details

cgroups

2019-06-18
cgroups

Index of 'cgroups' commands

HowTo's of package management with 'apt' and 'dpkg'

2017-06-23
How to list packages in the order they were installed ?
dpkg
2017-06-23
How to disable installation of recommends and suggests packages ?
apt-get
2017-06-23
How to find which package a specific file belongs to ?
apt-get
2017-06-23
How to list files of an uninstalled package ?
apt-get

init scripts

2017-10-25 2002-10-28
How to create an init script ?
2017-10-25 2002-10-28
How to register an init script ?