New posts in Devices

When to use /dev/random vs /dev/urandom

What does the letter 'u' mean in /dev/urandom?

How to verify that rsync copied the device correctly when copy-devices is enabled?

Are /dev/{udp,tcp} standardized or available everywhere?

Find when new hardware is connected on FreeBSD

According to which algorithm does Linux assign the hard drive letters?

Why does mknod require root privileges?

How does Linux differentiate between real and unexisting (eg: device) files?

In udev, what kind of device events match ACTION=="change"?

How Linux uses /dev/tty and /dev/tty0