Technology with a focus on Open Source
What? you can do that in Linux? It turns out you can! First, let’s see it in action. Here I retrieve a binary from my Raspberry Pi which is an ARM binary and execute it in my x86_64 machine transparently. If you try to do this… it won’t work right away. $ ./echo …
What happens when a file gets executed in Linux? What does it mean that a file is executable? Can we only execute compiled binaries? What about shell scripts then? If I can execute shell scripts, what else can I execute? In this article we will try to answer those questions. What involves executing a …
This is a little compilation of some useful configuration options and basic methods to debug a Linux kernel. There is good documentation in kernel.org and elsewhere but back when I was learning these things I felt that there are few places where you can get a high level overview. We will go through more advanced …
How much space is this file taking from my hard drive? How much free space do I have? How many more files can I fit in the remaining free space? The answer to these questions seems obvious. We all have an instinctive understanding of how filesystems work, and we often picture storing files in disk …