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Using Docker to find out what apt get update does! While I dabble in System Administration, I dont have a deep knowledge how packages are created or maintained. Today, well see how to use Docker to increase my understanding of "apt-get update". I was curious about this command because I read that its good practice to remove the files created during the update process. I started a small container using docker run -i -t debian:wheezy /bin/bash In another window, I found the ID of the running container using "docker ps". Lets pretend that ID starts with "45...". Look for any changed files using docker diff "45" Youll see nothing displayed. Now run "apt-get update" in the wheezy container. Then run the diff command again. You should see the following differences: C /var C /var/lib C /var/lib/apt C /var/lib/apt/lists A /var/lib/apt/lists/http.debian.net_debian_dists_wheezy-updates_Release A /var/lib/apt/lists/http.debian.net_debian...

Users Dont Know What They Want I was reading this article which quoted a comment by Richard Hughes. "User dont know what they want". Well excuse me for being to retarded to write an advanced GUI desktop on my own. But I can choose what to eat for breakfast in the morning. I manage to dress myself. Go out to work. Make it through the day and get home safely. All on my own. When I bought my current PC. A Dell Dimension XPS 700. I did that on my own as well. I even paid for it. With a credit card. When I decided to make the move to GNU/Linux full time. I decided on my own to do it in stages. The first thing was selecting a GNU/Linux distribution. I experimented with Fedora and openSuSE. Then discovered Ubuntu. Now since I was using the hybrid hardware/software RAID array built into the 700 series system board the installation of a Linux based OS back then wasnt straightforward. Dmraid wasnt installed or configured by default on any of the distros I tried. And thats actually part...