10.01.2013

7.06.2013

Journaling

Journaling avoids the time-consuming check that is automatically performed on a filesystem when it is abruptly unmounted for instance, as a consequence of a system cras...

System Calls

             Operating systems offer processes running in User Mode a set of interfaces to interact with hardware devices such as the CPU, disks,and printers. Putting an extra layer between the application and the hardware has several advantages. First, it makes programming easier by freeing users from studying low-level programming characteristics...

5.31.2013

Network Commands

• ssh – SSH client (remote login program)                                    :“ssh is a program for logging into a remote machine and for        ...

What does Linux mean?

Linux is a free and open source Unix-like computer operating system originally developed for Intel x86-based personal computers by Linus Torvalds. The name Linux is used in many ways ie as a kernel, as an operating system as GNU/Linux (because so many of the Linux programs and commands come from the GNU project), the term Linux is also used for a Linux distribution. During the development Linux...