The Linux Juggernaut

FILES & FOLDERS PART-II

#mkdir foldername

Example :
#mkdir test

Cmd4b : Creating multiple folders at a time
#mkdir 1{1,2,3}
This command will create folders with name 11,12,13. You can see weather this folders are created or not by using ls or dir command.

Cmd4c : Creating multiple directories and sub directories at a time. This is very much advanced and very much useful command. Some … Continue Reading

ISO IMAGE FILES

What are ISO image files?
An ISO image is an archive file (also known as a disk image) of an optical disc in a format defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ISO image files typically have a file extension of .iso. The name ISO is taken from the ISO 9660 file system used with CD-ROM media according to wikipedia.org.

So these are the basic points i am going … Continue Reading

DISTRO’S.
This is my first post on Distro’s. To discuss about Distributions, there is lots and lots of information about them which is beyond this blog. But I will try to cover as much good and best distros in the market on weekly basis.

To start with.. what is a Distro actually?
A “Linux distribution” (also called GNU/Linux distribution by some vendors and users) is a member of the family of Unix-like… Continue Reading

This is the question which pops in my mind that why not more than that 4 partations

here is the info how many partations we can create

actually in basic hard disk, we can create 4 partition(either primary or extended)

we can create maximum 4 primary
or 3 primary + 1 extended
or 2 primary + 1 extended
or 1 primary + 1 extended
not more then that? why and what is the reason?
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1)multitasking: several programs running at the same time is called multitasking.

2)multiuser: several users on the same machine at the same time through different terminals/from remote hosts.

3)multiplatform: runs on many different CPUs, not just Intel like AMD too.
 
4)multiprocessor: SMP(Symetri multi processing) support is available on the Intel and SPARC platforms (with work currently in progress on other platforms), and Linux is used in several loosely-coupled MP applications.
 
5)multithreading: has native kernel … Continue Reading

Many Windows users are familiar with different modes of execution of their operating system:
a. Safe mode
b. Command prompt only
c. Safe mode with network support
d. Safe mode with vga

And other such options that are presented during the boot-up process. Similarly, Linux has different modes of executing as well, which are known as runlevels. But unlike Windows, we can change runlevels on a fly.

Definition for runlevel : The term … Continue Reading