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filesystems

Visual explanations connected by this systems boundary.

  1. 02

    Linux permissions, visualized as operations

    Stop memorizing 755. Read owner, group, and other permissions as answers to concrete file and directory operations.

    13 min
    beginner

  2. 04

    Why df and du disagree

    Reconcile filesystem allocation with files a directory walk can reach, then diagnose gaps without reaching for a cleanup command.

    14 min
    intermediate

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