The following excerpt is from chapter 3, User-Level Memory Management, of Arnold Robbins’ book Linux Programming by Example: The Fundamentals, Prentice Hall PTR; (April 12, 2004), used with permission ...

In the vast majority of cases, running a Linux-based operating system involves a pretty powerful processor with a lot of memory on hand, and perhaps most importantly, a memory management unit, or MMU.

There are several commands for checking up on memory usage in a Linux system. Focusing on which processes and users are consuming the most memory can benefit from a few carefully crafted tools and ...

Linux is a powerful and flexible operating system, widely used in servers, embedded systems, and even personal computers. However, even the best-configured systems can face performance bottlenecks ...

I've been looking around quite a bit and haven't found anything, so I thought I'd see if the Ach knows something I haven't discovered. I'm relatively new to this topic, so please be ...