Vi / Vim
A type of editor that operates in two modes - normal or command mode, and insert or edit mode.
What is a modal editor?
Currently, this is the default package manager for Red Hat Linux.
What is DNF?
The first process started during system initialization, and the ancestor of all other processes.
What is init?
The index node table.
What is the data structure Linux uses to identify and locate files on an external storage medium such as a disk drive?
This command, short for "disk free," shows the blocks and inodes used, available, and percentage used for disk drives.
What is df?
The J key.
Which key on the keyboard moves the cursor down one line in the current buffer?
Currently, this is the default package manager for Debian Linux and its derivatives.
What is apt?
This is the command that enables ongoing monitoring of processes active in the system.
What is top?
The partition where Linux stores paged-out virtual memory pages.
What is the swap partition?
This command pulls information from the pseudo directory /sys and displays it.
What is sysctl?
In normal mode, enter slash followed by some text.
How do you search for a string in vi or vim?
This type of program adds functionality on top of a basic package manager, such as automatically installing transitive dependencies.
What is a front-end package manager?
User space or userland.
What is the section of virtual memory where unprivileged processes run?
This is the default filesystem for Red Hat Linux.
What is xfs?
The root user can change a few kernel settings on a running system by updating files in this pseudo directory.
What is /proc? or What is /proc/sys?
Make sure you're in normal mode by pressing the escape key, and then type :q!
How do you exit vi or vim without saving pending changes first?
Zypper is the default package manager for this flavor of Linux.
What is SUSE Linux?
It makes a system call or kernel function call.
What does a process in user space do when it needs to invoke a privileged operation such as reading a file?
A filesystem specification for supporting filesystems in user space.
What is fuse?
This command displays a point-in-time snapshot of running processes.
What is ps?
The .vimrc file.
What is the name of the primary configuration file for vi and vim?
An online facility containing a library of packages from which package managers can download software.
What is a repository?
A nice process.
What is a process that allows other processes to take priority over it?
The boot partition.
What is the name of the partition where Linux start-up code is located?
Your filesystem transforms into this food item when the index node table is damaged by a bad sector error on the disk.
What is toast?