Take Command of Your Linux System's Processes
Who's afraid of the Linux terminal? Not you, if you've learned the basics of navigating your system. But how will these newly acquired skills help improve your computing life? To give you a sense of the terminal's everyday usefulness, here are some examples of tasks the terminal is well-disposed to handle. To start with, system administration is much more straightforward on the terminal. The operating system manages silent background services, or "daemons," in order to keep your computer's many programs running seamlessly.