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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Do you have a more complicated shell history scheme than the distro default? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by j4k3@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've used distrobox more and more and am at the point where I need to start saving and integrating history differently. Or like, when I'm installing and building something complicated, I need to start saving that specific session's history. I am curious what others might be doing and looking for simple advice and ideas.

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[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 months ago

HISTSIZE=50000
HISTFILESIZE=200000
# Append history after every command
export PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a'

I can't count on how many times in the past that I've had long running systems crash or OOM kill basically everything and I just lose my entire history for the week. Now I'm free to overtax my system as much as I want.