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Entries from August 2009

Check disk space in Linux

August 15th, 2009 by EZ linux · No Comments

There are plenty of tools with which you can check your disk space. However, Linux already has a built in function to show you just what you need to know. Open a terminal window or push (ctrl+alt+F1 to go to console) and type: # df You will see something like this(your output may be different, [...]

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40 years of Unix

August 11th, 2009 by EZ linux · No Comments

1956 A U.S. Department of Justice consent decree enjoins AT&T from “engaging … in any business other than the furnishing of common carrier communication services.” 1969 Mar. — AT&T-owned Bell Laboratories withdraws from development of Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service), a pioneering but overly complicated time-sharing system. Some important principles in Multics will be [...]

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