tips & tricks

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Tips and Tricks

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This is a collection of tips&tricks written by Gary Richmond and Andrew Min. In this article:

  • How to get the best out of the history command in GNU/Linux (Gary)
  • How to close down GNU/Linux safely after a system freeze with the SysRq key (Gary)
  • How to find .debs (even if you think they don’t exist) (Andrew)
  • How to kill processes (Andrew)