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5 Linux commands for measuring disk activity

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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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Red Hat delivers AI-optimized Linux platform

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Open-source powerhouse Red Hat jumped into the generative AI space three months ago, announcing a new AI-focused vision for its Linux operating system at its annual summit. Today, that vision became a reality with the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI. The future is agentic workflows,” he says.

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Pipe viewer: Using the pv command on Linux

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The pv command is a rather unusual Linux command, but it can provide some insights into commands, especially those that send data through pipes. This includes some visual feedback that can sometimes be very reassuring as it tells you that something is occurring even when you’re sitting and waiting for some output to appear.

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How to get rid of unneeded files on Linux

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The rm (remove) command is the most obvious way to remove files that you no longer need on your Linux system, and it includes some very useful options. The rm command The rm command simply removes a file and is one of the basic commands that just about every Linux user needs on a routine basis. There are complications, however.

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8 easy ways to reuse commands on Linux

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Rerunning commands on the Linux command line isn’t hard, but there are a number of ways to do it. This post provides eight examples of how to repeat commands on Linux, with and without changes. Use only the last string in the previous command If you want to reuse the final argument from the previous command, you can refer to it as !$

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Astera Labs debuts Scorpio fabric switch to accelerate PCIe for AI, cloud

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How the Scorpio switch fabric is deployed While Astera Labs refers to Scorpio as a switch fabric, the actual technology the company currently provides is the silicon and software. Astera Labs has not announced plans to build their own physical chassis or rack-level hardware for the Scorpio switch. Wireshark 4.4

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SUSE expands AI tools to control workloads, LLM usage

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Not only are we providing these tools but also blueprints step-by-step implementation guides and reference architectures, says Puri. Red Hat, which dominates the enterprise Linux space, launched RHEL for AI in Mary of 2024. Red Hat is also a much bigger player than SUSE, accounting for the majority of the enterprise Linux market.

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