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In LINUX system, everything is a file and if not , then it is a process. Now,  to share out data on a central server (for ex, your music collection) to all the PCs in the house NFS comes into picture. NFS (NETWORK FILE SYSTEM): NFS is a file system developed by SUN Microsystems ,Inc.It is a client/server system that allows users to access/mount Linux files/disc/dirrectories across a network and treat them as if they are resided in a local file directory. An NFS server can export one or more directories that can be mounted on a remote Linux machine. Note: If you need to mount any Linux filesystem on Windows machine, you need to use Samba/CIFS instead. Here are some examples of when to use Samba and when to use NFS: Server O/S Client O/S Use Samba or NF...

Anyone who has tried his hands on an Operating System rather than Microsoft and Apple must be familiar with command line interface.So,what we call it? The shell or a console or a terminal? In the linux world they can all look the same from the point of view of the user at the keyboard. The differences are in  how they interact with each other. SHELL: A  Shell  provides you with an interface to an OS. It gathers input from you and executes programs based on that input. When a program finishes executing, it displays that program's output. It is a command line interpreter. Types of Shells: The Bourne Shell has the following subcategories − Bourne shell (sh) Korn shell (ksh) Bourne Again shell (bash) POSIX shell (sh) The different C-type shells follow − C shell (csh) TENEX/TOPS C shell (tcsh) ...