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kernel

Visual explanations connected by this systems boundary.

  1. 01

    What happens when you press Enter?

    Follow ls -la from a terminal keystroke through shell parsing, command lookup, process replacement, filesystem calls, and pixels on screen.

    11 min
    beginner

  2. 03

    What a pipe actually does

    Replace the punctuation model of `|` with connected processes, file descriptors, bounded kernel buffers, and backpressure.

    12 min
    intermediate

  3. 05

    Linux memory beyond used versus free

    Read RAM as anonymous memory, reclaimable cache, kernel state, swap, and pressure—then separate host capacity from cgroup limits.

    14 min
    intermediate

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