wow. where were you in the 80s and during the MS vs OSS wars? lol. This is easily the best explanation of the power of linux i've ever heard and far better than anything i've come close to. Very easy for the layman, beginner, noob, hell even an american Jury could grasp this. Even today it's as accurate as can be. Linux basically abstracts everything as a file. While the differences are eroding, with linux you can cherry pick your files, their content, their source, interactions, and order there of. I'll have to put that one in my back pocket. Kudos!
Hi there, thanks for the video! It's a pity you didn't make much more videos because despite of 95 recording, you definitely have a talent in explaining things. Just wanted to let you know, that even 3 years later you videos help people. Happy new year and cheers!!
To be honest. the /proc directory isn't a standard unix thing, it is introduced in plan9, an operating system developed by belllabs (the same group of people worked on unix) in the early 90's to be a succesor of unix. Plan9 was mutch more literal in the "everything is a file" statement, compared to unix. Later linux kernel developers implemented a lot of ideas from plan9, like the /proc "namespace" (Directories are namespaces in the plan9 nomenclature). However there are still many thing in modern unix implementation that isn't a file but it should be, like for example network sockets and windows.
This transparency is the last drop of water in the barrel to install linux. After one year in computer science im giving in and im setting my Gaming-PC up for dual-boot. :)
How does this compare to Windows OS? What if "everything was not a file in Unix/Linux"? What would that mean? I liked your video but I am a newbie in understanding this concept of everything being a file..
I love the way you explained this but tbh you lost me at two parts and I think some minor explanation would go a long way. Why does ls'ing exes output symbolic links? What are symbolic links? Also how does echo work with stdin through >>, I didn't understand the syntax so that example didn't do anything for me. Now I know I can get an answer to these with a quick google search but I think clearing them out with a simple prompt on top of the video would both cater this video to a wider experienced audience and keep the video's flow by minimizing the times when I need to pause and google something. Overall very nice explanation, thank you!
Thanks, this has to be one of the best explaination of "Everythin is a File" ,
Strongly agree!
after 5 years i think i just understand unix
wow. where were you in the 80s and during the MS vs OSS wars? lol. This is easily the best explanation of the power of linux i've ever heard and far better than anything i've come close to. Very easy for the layman, beginner, noob, hell even an american Jury could grasp this. Even today it's as accurate as can be. Linux basically abstracts everything as a file. While the differences are eroding, with linux you can cherry pick your files, their content, their source, interactions, and order there of. I'll have to put that one in my back pocket. Kudos!
Hi there, thanks for the video! It's a pity you didn't make much more videos because despite of 95 recording, you definitely have a talent in explaining things. Just wanted to let you know, that even 3 years later you videos help people. Happy new year and cheers!!
To be honest. the /proc directory isn't a standard unix thing, it is introduced in plan9, an operating system developed by belllabs (the same group of people worked on unix) in the early 90's to be a succesor of unix. Plan9 was mutch more literal in the "everything is a file" statement, compared to unix. Later linux kernel developers implemented a lot of ideas from plan9, like the /proc "namespace" (Directories are namespaces in the plan9 nomenclature). However there are still many thing in modern unix implementation that isn't a file but it should be, like for example network sockets and windows.
Great video! The world really needs more well-produced, brief, and understandable Linux videos like this one!
Oh wow, dang, 95th recording. Your video is very well presented, and I understand "Everything is a file" better now. Thank you.
Thanks for this. I was asked this in an interview and blanked. I have operated/administered Linux for years, but this never crossed my mind.
This transparency is the last drop of water in the barrel to install linux. After one year in computer science im giving in and im setting my Gaming-PC up for dual-boot. :)
I loved the video, good shit man. I learned something new.
How does this compare to Windows OS? What if "everything was not a file in Unix/Linux"? What would that mean? I liked your video but I am a newbie in understanding this concept of everything being a file..
which book are you studying? this has to be one of the best explanations out in the internet, albeit, i have read less number of books ... #CONFESSION
Good job man !! You are an underdog...
This was such a good video you should of continued making them!
Explanation at its Best
Thank you Sir... This is one of the Best Explanation...😃
thank you for the explanation dude !
Amazing video!! Thank you so much for the effort!!
Thanks for such a useful content.
I love the way you explained this but tbh you lost me at two parts and I think some minor explanation would go a long way. Why does ls'ing exes output symbolic links? What are symbolic links? Also how does echo work with stdin through >>, I didn't understand the syntax so that example didn't do anything for me. Now I know I can get an answer to these with a quick google search but I think clearing them out with a simple prompt on top of the video would both cater this video to a wider experienced audience and keep the video's flow by minimizing the times when I need to pause and google something. Overall very nice explanation, thank you!
Great Video - Well done!
Great videos. Thanks a lot.
good video, thank you!
Is the echo >> thing also an example of piping?
finest explanation given to keep in mind forever. I hope i switch to unix based systems.
Very helpful and Understandable Explanation thank you ☺
Awesome video
Really cool, but does that also means linux has more disk I/O ?
Not really, every other type of file is not stored on disk. It's just abstraction, not really using disk for everything.
Nice. Keep up the good work!
So processes and resources are files?
Thank you so much for the video
That was a GREAT video thanks !!
Thanks Stevie !!!!
awesome!!
I really liked your video
Why everything is file???
I love this video! 👍
loved it.
hello, old myself.
Everything is file in every system
beautiful.
Thank you,
Since everything is a file on linux does it mean that I have a file representing my keyboard ? and if so where can I access to it ?
Do you mean the driver or character set?
Yes you do! If you mean the device - im going to guess it should be under /dev. Dev being short for devices
/dev/event
this yt video is a file
thnx man!
awesome
best!
play at 1.25x
it's people like yourself things like patreon is good for.... not for gamer streamers...
Everything was a file before systemd 😄
But linux is not unix :))