This article, translated from IBM’s RedBook, explains Linux process management fundamentals—including process lifecycle, threads, priorities, context switching, interrupt handling, process states, memory layout, and the O(1) scheduler—providing clear insights into how the kernel handles processes and impacts system performance.
This article explains how to run a Node.js web application as a Linux daemon, covering foreground/background jobs, SIGHUP handling, disown, nohup, terminal multiplexers like screen and tmux, and dedicated tools such as forever, nodemon, pm2, and systemd for reliable service management.
Midway 5, the latest version of Taobao's Node.js web framework, introduces a plugin‑centric design, refined process management, and upgraded compatibility strategies, offering developers a more stable and modular foundation for building large‑scale applications.
This article shares practical Erlang optimization techniques for game back‑ends, covering node architecture choices, efficient message broadcasting, caching strategies, process design, code conventions, automation, monitoring, and profiling tools to improve performance and maintainability.
Learn how to list all processes, filter by user, sort by CPU or memory usage, display top results, and visualize process hierarchies using Linux's ps command suite, with clear examples and screenshots to help you master system monitoring.
This guide explains how to identify a compromised Linux server caused by hidden cryptocurrency mining malware, kill the malicious processes, clean infected files, and harden the system by reviewing scheduled tasks, startup scripts, user accounts, and SSH configurations.
This guide explains what the slay command‑line tool does, how to install it on major Linux distributions, and provides step‑by‑step usage examples for terminating every process belonging to a chosen user with administrative privileges.
This article explains what zombie processes are in Unix/Linux, shows how to list and count them using ps and top, provides commands to terminate them by killing their parent or sending signals, and offers strategies such as ignoring SIGCHLD or double‑forking to prevent their creation.
