How to get the system thread version - getconf GNU_LIBPTHREAD_VERSION http://groups.google.com/group/comp.programming.threads/browse_thread/thread/81ff4b5d1ea3372d?hl=en How to prevent module getting load, by edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf : http://www.basshero.org/62/how-to-disable-devices-in-ubuntu/ Standard Linux error code - http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/10/linux-error-codes/ http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/03/linux-performance-monitoring-intro Discussion about why Linux is way faster than Windows for huge number of small file processing - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6916011/how-do-i-get-windows-to-go-as-fast-as-linux-for-compiling-c http://games.greggman.com/game/why-is-windows-so-slow/ "sync; sudo echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches" - http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-clear-cached-memory-on-ubuntu.html Funny linux commands - http://www.pixelstech.net/article/1370744983-Funny-Linux-commands 25 years of linux - https://medium.freecodecamp.com/linux-is-25-yay-lets-celebrate-with-25-rad-facts-about-linux-c8d8ac30076d#.m6b9wnhni basic-principle-of-Linux-privilege-control - http://www.infoq.com/cn/articles/basic-principle-of-Linux-privilege-control New approach to save memory - https://code.fb.com/production-engineering/open-sourcing-oomd-a-new-approach-to-handling-ooms/ a-zoological-guide-to-kernel-data-structures - https://medium.com/oracledevs/a-zoological-guide-to-kernel-data-structures-4c68207e186b The Arch Linux Handbook - https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-install-arch-linux/