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LiSt Open Files (LSOF) is a Linux utility that allows you to view current network connections and the files associated with them. While similar in many ways to utilities like netstat and fuser, LSOF has many unique options that let you find specific information on ports, users, processes, and files.
With the 'Mad Hatter' project, a beefed-up form of the old thin-client idea, Sun will be delivering Linux-based desktop machines that promise to undercut Windows.
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With the 'Mad Hatter' project, a beefed-up form of the old thin-client idea, Sun will be delivering Linux-based desktop machines that promise to undercut Windows.
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