> Experts write stickied posts on linux.org forum in 2007. Everyone reading those posts could also read the kernel config documentation, yet they stickied this.

> Experts write stickied posts on linux.org forum in 2007. Everyone reading those posts could also read the kernel config documentation, yet they stickied this. But what is linux.org, and why is it credible? The domain seems to have changed hands a number of times over the years, and it's not affiliated with a well-known organization like the Linux Foundation. > Optimally, you want as many inexperienced people to be drawn to your project as possible, because if your documentation is good it will turn them into experienced people who can contribute to the project. Therefore posts like this one, albeit a secondary source by most definitions, benefit the linux ecosystem and are also educational. "Good documentation" would be great, but these pages are not it. I strongly disagree that it has any kind of "clarity of organization", but that's not even the issue; the issue is that the author has no idea what he's talking about. If you try to learn from it, you are getting a mixture of useful information, useless trivialities, and outright falsehoods that will only confuse you later. Anyone who thinks these statements are clear and accurate: > NOTE: Not all “.ko” files are modules. Linux also uses “.ko” for Linux's analogy of Window's “.dll” files. > The Linux kernel is a monolithic kernel. This means that the whole operating system is on the RAM reserved as kernel space. To clarify, the kernel is put on the RAM. > As many of you know, Linux is written in C/C++ and Assembly. > [in the context of defining UID, GID, PID, etc.] A Session ID is used for communication purposes so only the authenticated processes can communicate together on that particular session only. This helps to prevent hijackers and malware from intercepting a data transaction. > Many of you may be unaware of this, but Android is Linux. True, they are not quite the same, but Android is Linux. For example, Ubuntu is "GNU/Linux" while Android is "Dalvik/Linux". has no business writing technical documentation about the Linux kernel.