Command Line Tools to Monitor Linux Performance

Top – Linux Process Monitoring Linux Top command is a performance monitoring program which is used frequently by many system administrators to monitor Linux performance and it is available under many Linux/Unix like operating systems. Lsof – List Open Files Lsof command used in many Linux/Unix like system that is used...

Linux Acronyms

A AMD   Advanced Micro Devices API   application programming interface ARP   address resolution protocol ARPANET   Advanced Research Projects Agency Network AS   autonomous system ASCII   American Standard Code for Information Interchange AT&T   American Telephone and Telegraph...

GRUB - GRand Unified Bootloader

The GNU GRand Unified Boot loader (GRUB) is a program which enables the selection of the installed operating system or kernel to be loaded at system boot time. It also allows the user to pass arguments to the kernel. GRUB  which provides a user the choice to boot one of multiple operating systems installed...

Linux builder - Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds Linus Benedict Torvalds  born December 28, 1969) is a Finnish American software engineer, who was the principal force behind the development of the Linux kernel that became the most popular kernel for operating systems. He later became the chief architect of the Linux kernel and now acts as the project's...

Q&A session with Linus Torvalds - 2015

                 Q&A session with Linus Torvalds - 2015The Q&A session was moderated by Bdale Garbee with the assistance of Andrew Tridgell.Linux.conf.au 2015 was held in Auckland, New Zealand, at the University of Auckland Business School from 12-16th January 2015...

LINUX Permissions

The Linux operating system (and likewise, Linux) differs from other computing environments in that it is not only a multitasking system but it is also a multi-user system as well. What exactly does this mean? It means that more than one user can be operating the computer at the same time. While your...

File types In Linux/Unix

How many types of file are there in Linux/Unix? By default Unix have only 3 types of files. They are.. 1. Regular files 2. Directory files 3. Special files(This category is having 5 sub types in it.) So in practical we have total 7 types(1+1+5) of files in Linux/Unix. And in Solaris we have 8 types. And you...