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08-07-2012, 01:45 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2012
Location: chennai
Posts: 2
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Help me
I am using Liunx for first time.I have a doubt.How many processes could Linux support at a time?
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08-07-2012, 03:14 AM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2008
Location: Ioannina, Greece
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 332
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Many many processes. Some thousands I think.
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08-07-2012, 03:27 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Japan
Distribution: Mostly Debian and CentOS
Posts: 6,726
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Hi,
AFAICR, pid_t is a signed 32 bit integer, so I guess the upper limit would have to be 2^31=2147483648
I'm happy to be corrected though.
Evo2.
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08-07-2012, 07:07 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Roodepoort, South Africa
Distribution: Ubuntu 12.04, Antix19.3
Posts: 3,797
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Very good title  Please use a title that covers the question 
Maybe of help: http://kavassalis.com/2011/03/linux-...esses-threads/ (google is your friend) |
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08-07-2012, 07:18 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2012
Posts: 2
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Hi Rajesh,
rather than process, linux is basically multiUser and multitasking operating system. so with this property it supports n number of process and threads. Each user has 1 shell process or more than one shell process..
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08-13-2012, 04:35 AM
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LQ Muse
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: A2 area Mi.
Posts: 17,710
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please use a descriptive title " help me"
is well of no use
as to processes ?
that all depends
is the distro protected from "the fork bomb" ?
most are .
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