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Renjith G
Kerala, India
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Age: 27
Working as a system programmer
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52
votes
Meaning of “i” in “MiB”?
ram-usage
disk-usage
asked Jan 18 '11 at 10:54
askubuntu.com
31
votes
How do I lock the desktop screen via command line?
command-line
lock-screen
asked Oct 16 '10 at 19:04
askubuntu.com
22
votes
Why is there no option to login as root?
security
root
asked Oct 13 '10 at 4:24
askubuntu.com
19
votes
Why do we use “./” to execute a file?
command-line
executable
asked Nov 30 '10 at 8:28
unix.stackexchange.com
18
votes
“free-as-in-speech” vs. "free-as-in-beer”
philosophy
asked Oct 19 '10 at 20:52
unix.stackexchange.com
12
votes
What is the meaning of $? in a shell script?
linux
shell-script
asked Feb 20 '11 at 11:43
unix.stackexchange.com
11
votes
What is the difference between “extended” partition and “logical” partition
partition
hard-disk
asked Feb 19 '11 at 16:36
unix.stackexchange.com
8
votes
what is the difference between spin locks and semaphores?
kernel
spinlock
semaphore
lock
asked Dec 29 '10 at 6:42
unix.stackexchange.com
7
votes
How to run “sudo apt-get update” through proxy in commandline?
networking
asked Oct 15 '10 at 11:07
askubuntu.com
7
votes
What is meant by mounting a device in Linux?
linux
mount
asked Oct 16 '10 at 19:02
unix.stackexchange.com
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