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80What a process is
81What ps does
82ps: syntax and usage
83ps: practical examples
84ps: edge cases and pitfalls
85Common mistakes with ps
86top and htop: live views
87Foreground, background, and jobs
88kill and signals
89nice and priority
90nohup and disown
91uname, hostname, uptime
92free: memory usage
93lsblk and mount: disks
94lsof: open files
95ip and ss: network state
96dmesg and journalctl: system logs
97apt on Debian/Ubuntu
98dnf on Fedora
99Searching and inspecting packages
100snap and flatpak
101Compiling from source: the basics

80What a process is
81What ps does
82ps: syntax and usage
83ps: practical examples
84ps: edge cases and pitfalls
85Common mistakes with ps
86top and htop: live views
87Foreground, background, and jobs
88kill and signals
89nice and priority
90nohup and disown
91uname, hostname, uptime
92free: memory usage
93lsblk and mount: disks
94lsof: open files
95ip and ss: network state
96dmesg and journalctl: system logs
97apt on Debian/Ubuntu
98dnf on Fedora
99Searching and inspecting packages
100snap and flatpak
101Compiling from source: the basics

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