A utility called Sudo allows a regular user to operate the program with superuser rights. To prevent an outside user, the utility asks for a password each time it runs.
Threading is a program abstraction for parallel execution in modern OS. The following happens with multithreaded program execution: RAM address space and open files are shared between threads in order to minimize overhead and use CPU time more
What makes Linux different from Windows in terms of file execution is that the former system defines executable files as program files not by their extension, but by a special executability flag. Thus, each file has three modes of executability:
Do you want to watch TV programs on a Linux system, and for free? This opportunity appeared with the release of Freetuxtv, a free online player that was originally developed for subscribers of French providers. But after a while, free channels and
Some Linux distributions have installed by default a multifunctional network connection management manager called Network Manager. The reasons are varied: the need to manage the Wi-Fi adapter, to configure the Internet from the console, there is an
There are often spontaneous service crashes. The user has to deal with their manual recovery. There is no problem as such, if it happens on a home computer. Even more - it is good, because there is a real opportunity to determine the state of the
Running a script can be implemented in various ways. This can be done by using a graphical shell or the systemd initialization system, which is now used in almost all distributions.