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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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Question: What is Linux misinformation? (lemmy.zip)

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It is against the rules but but what is it exactly?

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Why stop there

curl $windows_iso_url | sudo dd of=/dev/sda bs=4M && sudo sync; sudo reboot

(Do not run this)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What does sync do?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Makes sure all writes are flushed to disk

On reflection probably not needed as I think reboot does that too

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah sync from RAM to disk?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Sync the internal drive cache with the disk. IIRC