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Screenshot of a linux terminal. It shows how the user oliver at sirius outputs the content of "/proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid" with the program "cat". The content is then displayed on a new line, showing a version4 uuid.

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Screenshot of a linux terminal. It shows how the user oliver at sirius outputs the content of "/proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid" with the program "cat". The content is then displayed on a new line, showing a version4 uuid.
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Oliver (oliver@lfnt.site)'s status on Thursday, 21-Aug-2025 22:11:42 JST Oliver

TIL:
Your #Linux kernel provides you with version4 #uuid's.
No additional software needed.
Just "cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid", et voilà! 😍

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