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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My knowledge about useful/funny /dev files grows by the day...

I now know of: random & urandom, null, zero and now full...

Bouta make an infinity gauntlet meme of them

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait until you learn about the shell specific /dev "files" like /dev/udp and /dev/tcp (which can send/recv IP traffic as if from a file)!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I am deeply intrigued

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

DO IT, DO IT

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Maybe I can finally get my pull merged for /dev/grohl which just outputs random Foo Fighters lyrics.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can I get /dev/full as a service? I'm already paying a premium subscription for /dev/null as a service

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The shell script available for download in the Code section is just pure evil!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The whole website is hilarious. That code finds a random file and deletes it with sudo. I'm gonna run it on a VM :)

sudo rm -rf "$(sudo find / -type f -print0 | shuf -n1 -z)"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I learned something new. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

So do you change your scripts to write to that to test what happens if a write didn't occur?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The bottom of that Wikipedia page has a reference to something else that sounded interesting called “/dev/mordor” in some Plan 9 OS fork called 9front. Sent me down a really interesting rabbit hole http://9front.org/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

9front is a great rabbit hole. Plus, Plan9's mascot is Glenda, the rabbit.