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Re: Linux commands for advanced hardware and system info

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Post by hutzlibu »

traceroute66 wrote: post #5

I have to say the title is a bit clickbaity. Since when were uname,dmesg,fdisk,gdisk,parted,blkid,lsblk,mount,df and /proc "advanced" commands ? A newbie will likely need to use all of them within the first week of them ever using Linux.

"A newbie will likely need to use all of them within the first week of them ever using Linux."

And then some people wonder, why the year of the linux desktop still has not arrived. But luckily no, unless things went very wrong, a newbie will not have to invoke those commands - and if he indeed has to, he or she will likely just give up anyway.

(Btw. I use linux since years and so far only had to use half of the listed commands.)

Re: Linux commands for advanced hardware and system info

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Post by cal85 »

traceroute66 wrote: post #5

I have to say the title is a bit clickbaity. Since when were uname,dmesg,fdisk,gdisk,parted,blkid,lsblk,mount,df and /proc "advanced" commands ? A newbie will likely need to use all of them within the first week of them ever using Linux.

You’re already advanced then.

Your claim about “within the first week” is a bit silly. I’ve used Linux on and off for the last 15-20 years. Just occasionally, to get certain things done in my development work. And I couldn’t tell you what any of those commands do (although I’ve probably used them a few times by copying and pasting). Advanced is subjective.

Re: Linux commands for advanced hardware and system info

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Post by krylon »

hutzlibu wrote: post #7
traceroute66 wrote: post #5

I have to say the title is a bit clickbaity. Since when were uname,dmesg,fdisk,gdisk,parted,blkid,lsblk,mount,df and /proc "advanced" commands ? A newbie will likely need to use all of them within the first week of them ever using Linux.

"A newbie will likely need to use all of them within the first week of them ever using Linux." And then some people wonder, why the year of the linux desktop still has not arrived. But luckily no, unless things went very wrong, a newbie will not have to invoke those commands - and if he indeed has to, he or she will likely just give up anyway. (Btw. I use linux since years and so far only had to use half of the liste…

I concur. I've been using GNU/Linux on the desktop (and server) for 20 years, I don't think I ever used blkid or lsblk.

fdisk, on the other hand, was a thing in the DOS/Windows world, too, back in the day, and dealing with partitioning is something you are going to do regardless of the OS you are using.

Re: Linux commands for advanced hardware and system info

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Post by A4ET8a8uTh0 »

cal85 wrote: post #8
traceroute66 wrote: post #5

I have to say the title is a bit clickbaity. Since when were uname,dmesg,fdisk,gdisk,parted,blkid,lsblk,mount,df and /proc "advanced" commands ? A newbie will likely need to use all of them within the first week of them ever using Linux.

You’re already advanced then. Your claim about “within the first week” is a bit silly. I’ve used Linux on and off for the last 15-20 years. Just occasionally, to get certain things done in my development work. And I couldn’t tell you what any of those commands do (although I’ve probably used them a few times by copying and pasting). Advanced is subjective.

I think I disagree. I stumbled on lspci specifically, because I built my new PC with dual gpu ( to use real gpu in VMs ). I do not consider myself an advanced user ( maybe intermediate ).

I basically agree with OP. Advanced does mean advanced. It does not mean using couple of simple commands picked from one google search. To me it means being able to think a little beyond the basics and putting things together.

Advanced is subjective, but we should not water it down to basically a list of basic commands...

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