The blkid command displays block device attributes. It shows the 128-bit UUID and file system type, but it is not likely to be the most illuminating command for providing partition stats.

In this excerpt, Chapter 9, from the book, the author describes how kernel device drivers interact with system hardware and how developers can write device drivers and use them in their applications.

There are a number of Linux commands that will display file system types along with the file system names, mount points and such. Some will also display sizes and available disk space.

Linux Mint 22.2, nicknamed "Zara," will apparently use by default an alternative Linux kernel called HWE, which stands for HardWare Enablement. It'll bring with it the latest drivers and patches ...

Because /dev/random is a blocking device, it will hold off until there is sufficient entropy to produce truly random data. Unfortunately, the entropy pool on a computer is finite.