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What is the "You have new mail" message in Linux/UNIX?

linux unix email root asked Jul 4, 2011 at 15:23

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203 votes

How far will you get with an 'rm -rf /' command?

unix filesystems rm asked Jul 20, 2011 at 13:48

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131 votes

How do file permissions apply to symlinks?

linux unix permissions file-permissions symbolic-link asked Jun 27, 2011 at 20:42

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93 votes

Can some software physically damage hardware?

hardware-failure computer-architecture physical-security asked Jul 22, 2011 at 16:50

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71 votes

How can I invoke actual fear in my players?

gm-techniques horror asked Feb 7, 2013 at 4:13

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52 votes

How to disable the Forward/Back buttons on my mouse

xorg mouse asked Sep 12, 2011 at 14:38

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47 votes

tmux Ctrl+B not working

linux tmux asked Apr 5, 2011 at 5:35

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38 votes

Does running commands verbosely make them slower?

linux unix shell asked Jul 20, 2011 at 16:59

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34 votes

Why are salt and pepper the "classic" dinner table seasoning?

salt seasoning history pepper asked Nov 23, 2011 at 17:43

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What do the device files in /dev actually do?

filesystems devices asked Aug 29, 2011 at 21:03

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Refresh env variables after editing bashrc file

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How to find the installation path for a software under linux?

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How to download specific files from some url path with wget

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Is there a command to list the compressed file sizes for files within a .zip file?

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What Filesystem to use for Linux Ubuntu?

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How to fix a damaged/corrupted NTFS filesystem/partition without losing the data on it?

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Knowing Privilege rights on a file in Linux

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Where is Netbeans installed on Ubuntu?

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Encrypted HDD 100% safe?

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Why use `chmod 644` instead of `chmod u=rw,go=r,...`?

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My computer freezes irregularly

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Obtaining md5 during wget

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Is there a way to limit overall CPU consumption?

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How to colorize output of ls ?

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How to Install Windows XP over Windows 7?

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Linux distro with just busybox and bash?

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Passing values through pipes

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How to know if a Linux command can read from STDIN?

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Stale NFS handle, but nothing is mounted

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How to remove LiveCD after installing OS on VirtualBox?

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Dual boot install (Windows after Linux)

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How to start AbiWord with full screen?

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Is there a way to go to any directory from any other directory directly?

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What do I have to do before giving away my Ubuntu machine?

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How to test LCD monitors?

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Does AIX really beat Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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