Disk quotas are a mechanism for limiting the amount of disk space and the number of files (inodes) that a user or a group of users can consume. These limits prevent individual users or services from ...

In the beginning days of Unix and later Linux, disks were physically large, but very small in terms of storage capacity. A 300 megabyte disk in the mid-90’s was the size of a shoebox. Today, you can ...

Logs, databases, and caches grow under /var. Learn why Linux admins monitor the /var directory to prevent disk issues and service failures.

Snap and Flatpak are Linux universal package managers. Both have their pros and cons. Each gives Linux far more apps to ...

Memory management is a critical aspect of modern operating systems, ensuring efficient allocation and deallocation of system memory. Linux, as a robust and widely used operating system, employs ...