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xGTx
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by xGTx »
What is the x-box "lo" device?
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Trevante
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by Trevante »
I believe that's the loopback filesystem, but I'm not exactly sure.
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orochi
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by orochi »
lo is the loopback network device
without it you would not be able to connect to the local machine