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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] 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What helps me is to understand what commands acronym means. For instance cp for copy, mkdir for make directory, blkid for block id, ls for list (not too sure about actual meaning for s) and so on!

Nice tips about ctrl+r to search in command history. Was not aware it existed!

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

works for common flags too, like in df -h, the h stands for human readable, I always find myself mumbling "human" while typing that one

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

pwd for password, man for mansplain, and dd for destroy disk

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Hey, the first two don't sound quite right

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

'ls' is an abbreviation for 'list', not an acronym. Like copy -> cp, and the other keystroke saving abbreviations.