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5 Linux commands for measuring disk activity

Network World

Linux provides quite a few useful commands for gauging disk activity. The dstat command provides valuable insights into overall Linux system performance, pretty much replacing a collection of older tools, such as vmstat, netstat, iostat, and ifstat, with a flexible and powerful command that combines their features. iostat Linux 6.8.9-100.fc38.x86_64

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10 Linux commands for testing connectivity and transfer rates

Network World

There are quite a few tools that can help test your connectivity on the Linux command line. ping statistics 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.867/4.361/5.859/1.221 ms On Linux systems, the pings will continue until you type^cto stop them. ping 192.168.0.11 ms ^C 192.168.0.11

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Gauging system activity on Linux with dstat

Network World

Linux provides a number of commands that provide information about disk and system activity along with system and resource stats. One of the most useful commands is dstat. It provides an extensive number of detailed statistics on system activity. dstat You did not select any stats, using -cdngy by default.

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‘An easy button to get off Windows’: Amazon’s new AI moves Microsoft apps to Linux

GeekWire

Matt Garman, AWS CEO, announces the new AI tool for migrating.NET applications to Linux at AWS re:Invent on Tuesday morning. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) LAS VEGAS — Amazon has a new use for AI: dumping Microsoft Windows.

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How a university got itself banned from the Linux kernel

The Verge

Fifteen days later, the University of Minnesota was banned from contributing to the Linux kernel. “I I suggest you find a different community to do experiments on,” wrote Linux Foundation fellow Greg Kroah-Hartman in a livid email. But among the other major characters — the Linux developers — there was no such hesitancy.

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The Browser as an application platform : spf13.com

SPF13

t the operating system, nor is it adobe air,net or java, itâ??s Wanna write a application that works on everything from Mac, windows, Linux, beos, iOS, android, webos, etc; write it for the browser. With Google launching their chrome book is significant as it reflects a substantial shift in the world of computing. s the browser.

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North Korean APT Uses Fake Job Offers as Linux Malware Lure

SecureWorld News

ESET researchers have discovered a new Lazarus Group campaign targeting Linux users. In this case, we were able to reconstruct the full chain, from the ZIP file that delivers a fake HSBC job offer as a decoy, up until the final payload: the SimplexTea Linux backdoor distributed through an OpenDrive cloud storage account.

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