Linux Admins Wiggle Mice, Smash Keys to Appease RNG Gods

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    Ever wondered how Linux generates randomness? It’s actually a carnival of chaos: kernel developers pull entropy from mouse wiggles, keyboard smashes, disk access timings, even network jitter. All this random human fidgeting feeds /dev/random and /dev/urandom, helping secure cryptographic keys and SSH sessions worldwide. Occasionally though, the system runs dry, leaving admins patiently moving mice or frantically mashing keys, desperately begging their OS to produce randomness. Yes, modern sysadmins sometimes literally shake computers to life—just like cavemen shouting at fickle gods.