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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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Why do you use the terminal? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi, everybody Recently, a guy noticed that I was using it and asked why? For me it because in Linux many things are done through the terminal because Linux has many different desktop environments

He also compared terminal commands with cheat codes in GTA and other games, he understands what benefits you take from them, but not from terminal commands

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

tar + netcat are really nice. Not very secure but gets a folder from A to B using standard tools.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

ssh is probably better than nc for that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I live and die by ssh and scp. Sometimes rsync for larger moves.

Once you've got ssh for terminals (used to be x sessions too!), then port forwarding and socks proxies, add in scp for file moves, and layer in sshfs for whole file system mounts it's a potential combo for remote work and network tunnels. Such a phenomenal toolkit.

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

Isn't sshfs defunct now? I used to use it a lot.

[–] xycu 3 points 11 months ago

SSHFS is shipped by all major Linux distributions and has been in production use across a wide range of systems for many years. However, at present SSHFS does not have any active, regular contributors, and there are a number of known issues (see the bugtracker).

The current maintainer continues to apply pull requests and makes regular releases, but unfortunately has no capacity to do any development beyond addressing high-impact issues.

When reporting bugs, please understand that unless you are including a pull request or are reporting a critical issue, you will probably not get a response.