This isn’t your mother’s “10 Things you didn’t know Ubuntu could do” kind of list; these are low-level system commands that will prove to be invaluable as you begin to administer your system.  What follows are commands and their examples, as well as suggestions on when they should be used.

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One of the FreeBSD fans in my company stumbled upon a GNU screen alternative, that he insists renders it defunct.  Since my muscle memory will never allow a “smooth” transition to another multiplexer, I decided to make my first post an attempt to get myself (and others) introduced to this new stallion of multiplexer goodness.

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