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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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You can't cd or ls in a folder if you have no +x permissions on it. That is all. I wasted 3 hours of my life. (szmer.info)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Why didn't you just ask?

[–] [email protected] 67 points 11 months ago (2 children)

One person would have responded with "LMGTFY". Another would have said "Why are you trying to do it that way? You should do it this way". Another would have asked what distro they were using, and regardless of the answer, bullied them for their choice. Yet another would have given a very confident and wrong answer. One more would have suggested they use kde instead of genome. And finally, a mod would mark the question as duplicate of another unanswered question and lock it. Thats why.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I meant ask me specifically. I would have told them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Told them to fuck off because they use the wrong distro? /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I usually put my question in search engine, plus the word "bash."

Relevant answers ensue.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why ask for help if I can spend hours in "terminal flow" where I know every three character sequence for CTLR+R to suggest the last 10 commands in the history?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You should check out https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

It has changed part of my life. Unbelievably fast indexing. Not super related to command history, but the hotkey reminded me of it.