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The stat command, included in the GNU coreutils package, provides a variety of metadata, including file size, inode location, access permissions and SELinux context, and creation and modification times, about files and filesystems. It's a convenient way to gather information that you usually need several different commands to acquire.

Installing stat on Linux

On Linux, you probably already have the stat command installed because it's part of a core utility package that's generally bundled with Linux distributions by default.

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Work continues on getting the Broadcom VC4 kernel Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) driver into shape for being able to support 4K display outputs at 60Hz...

When someone is new to contributing to open source, the best place to start is often beginner-friendly bugs and issues. But before they can do that, they have to be able to find those kinds of issues. As a member of an open source project, there's a lot you can do to help beginners find a way to contribute. 

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The eBPF Linux effort, which is cross-functional, now has its own foundation - BollyInside  BollyInside

On Ubuntu 20.04 or Linux Mint 20.02, install and use the Grub customizer - Linux News  BollyInside

Gnome Desktop Installation on Linux Mint 20.2 - Linux News  BollyInside

Using an Arm SoC and Linux, a company introduces PCs across Russia - Linux News  BollyInside

For passionate Phoronix readers around the Rust programming language, SixtyFPS is a new graphical toolkit offering focused on Rust but also supporting C++ and JavaScript...

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Written in C, MySQL is an open-source, cross-platform, and one of the most widely used Relational Database Management Systems (RDMS). It’s an integral part of the LAMP stack and is a popular database management

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Microsoft's Windows 11 interface is brought to Linux via Zorin OS 16 Pro - Linux News  BollyInside

All-Russian PCs with Arm and Linux processors are currently available - BollyInside  BollyInside

The Linux Foundation and the Fintech Open Source Foundation have published the agenda of the Open Source Strategy Forum London 2021, which will take place from October 4-5, 2021. - BollyInside  BollyInside

How to reduce video sizes in Linux using FFmpeg - BollyInside  BollyInside

Webmin can be installed in two ways on a Rocky Linux 8 server - BollyInside  BollyInside

The Four Book Guide to Programming with Linux More Powerfully and Efficiently - Linux News  BollyInside

8 Linux Cinnamon Desktop customization tips - BollyInside  BollyInside

There are about 40 open source and Linux related terms that you should be familiar with. - BollyInside  BollyInside

Solution: Cannot add PPA: "This PPA does not support focal" in Linux Mint 20 - Linux News  BollyInside

Cannon Lake has been removed from Intel's recent Linux Kernel 5.15 release - BollyInside  BollyInside

The Netfilter project has announced the release of Nftables 1.0.0 for their user-space code for interfacing with the Linux kernel's Nftables subsystem for network filtering and classification...