Linternals: The (Modern) Boot Process [0x01]

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What more appropriate way to kick off a series on Linux internals than figuring out how we actually get those internals running in the first place? This post is going to cover the process that takes us from pressing a power button, to a fully usable Linux operating system.   As…

Linternals: Introduction

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It's the moment you've all been waiting for, so without further ado, let me introduce my Linux Internals - AKA Linternals - series. Uh, lin- what now? The aim of this series is to provide some semi-deep dives into various parts of the Linux kernel and some core user applications.…