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Tag: GNU/Linux

  • Linux File Permissions

    Summarising what I have recently learned about this topic and also leaving some future references for myself. The information isn’t comprehensive and may have some inaccuracies, and will probably be updated in the future if necessary. Two factors: ownership and permissions Access to a file depends on two factors: ownership and permissions. A file have […]

  • GNU vs Linux

    Here’s an interesting piece of (not so) trivia I learnt recently. When I first start using Linux, I came across the term GNU. I read briefly about it and gathered that it was an operating system, and, apparently, a large pocket of programs ran on it. Interesting… I thought, having the wrong idea while dismissing […]