Processes and Linux Linux computers use a special set of programs and temporary file systems to boot your computer to the point where the operating system can be started. The kernel then creates ...

The Linux community offers a plethora of low-cost or free management tools that can be explored (specifically for device-level administration), but most are not enterprise class and are better for ...

Linux requires the same level of support as any other production-level platform, thus requiring organizations to invest in staff skills, management processes, and management tools.

Spend some time checking out the htop tool for viewing processes and system performance and you might just find it extremely handy when you need it.

Easy ways to pull together important and interesting stats on your running processes -- using the pgrep command ...

Example 15: Linux Memory Management and Segmentation Linux processes are made up of text, data, and BSS static segments; in addition, each process has its own stack (which is created with the fork ...

In a previous tech tip, we saw how to use kill to monitor processes. Another option is to use ps. With both methods, you can check $? for success/failure. However, note that kill -0 may return failure ...

Linux tip: Many users are all too familiar with using Ctrl+Alt+Del (or, on a Mac, Cmd+Opt+Esc) to kill unresponsive processes. There isn't a comparable keyboard shortcut for Linux by default, but ...

Linux 101: What are zombie processes? Your email has been sent Zombie processes shouldn't be a problem on your system. But on the off chance they do arise, you need to know how to take care of ...