Linus Torvalds the creator and the principal developer of the Linux kernel announced the release of Linux kernel version 5.0. This release increases the major kernel version number to 5. from 4.x. The new change does not mean anything and does not affect programs in any way. From the mailing list:

Te overall changes for all of the 5.0 release are much bigger. But I’d like to point out (yet again) that we don’t do feature-based releases, and that “5.0” doesn’t mean anything more than that the 4.x numbers started getting big enough that I ran out of fingers and toes.

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You can dump Linux or Unix server memory. This is useful for forensics analysis, and testing your own system. This is often desirable to see:

• What code and what data actually resides in memory.
• You can search for specific pids memory.
• Search memory for string and other data such as passwords.
• Works as add-on tool for gdb and others.
• Search/replace/dump memory from running processes and core files.
• All kinds of deep hacking activities that simply saves your time and solve problems.

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Process identifier (PID) is a number used by Linux / Unix kernels (and Windows operating systems) to identify a process. Usually, new processes are created using the fork() system call. Each PID (or so called tasks) can be monitored under Linux. In this quick tutorial, I will explain how to use the pidstat command for monitoring individual tasks currently being managed by the Linux kernel.
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The Linux kernel version 3.5 has been released and is now available for download. New features include support for hybrid graphics, security fixes, and other enhancements.
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