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CDA Appoints 3 Retired Brigadiers on Key Posts

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has appointed three retired brigadiers to senior administrative positions, placing them in charge of civic … Read More The post CDA Appoints 3 Retired Brigadiers on Key Posts appeared first on ProPakistani .

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The Linux Filesystem Explained for Beginners (What Lives Where)

Coming from Windows, the Linux filesystem looks alien at first: no drive letters, no C:\ , and a bunch of directories with cryptic three-letter names.

  • Linux filesystem organized under a single root directory "/"
  • /home holds each user's personal files, often referred to as "~"
  • Permissions determined by owner, group, and read/write/execute settings

5 Linux Backup Utilities That Actually Save Your Data

Backups are boring until the day they save you. A failed update, a dead SSD, one wrong rm -rf — any of them can turn years of files into a bad week.

  • Rsync efficiently copies files by transferring only modified parts
  • Tar creates compressed archives of directories with timestamps
  • Timeshift creates system snapshots for desktop environments

The Uninstall That Actually Works: A Practitioner’s Guide to Cleaning Up Windows Apps

The Uninstall That Actually Works: A Practitioner’s Guide to Cleaning Up Windows Apps I’ve lost count of how many times a “simple” uninstall left me with a broken PATH, a zombie service, or a registry…

  • Perform inventory of app footprint before uninstalling
  • Run official uninstaller using appropriate method based on app type
  • Rename leftover files to .bak extensions for safekeeping

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