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How to manually partition Linux and when you should

If you manually partition your Linux PC, you're setting up all the necessary partitions for your system and allocating disk ...
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How to Display Files in the Root Directory of a Hard Drive

The root directory, or root folder, describes the uppermost folder on a hard drive partition. If your business computer contains a single partition, this partition will be the "C" drive and contains ...

Logging in as root on Linux? Here's why that disaster waiting to happen

ZDNET key takeaways Logging in as the root user should never be done on Linux.Using the root account could lead to ...
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How to root the 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX

The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX is the latest in its line of tablets that run a forked and heavily customized version of Android 4.2 which Amazon calls Fire OS 3.0 "Mojito." But if you want to get more out ...