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LinuxFix July 11, 2026 4 min read

Fixing Zombie Processes That Won't Clear from the Process Table

Why a zombie process is actually harmless dead weight rather than a resource leak, and how to find the parent process that's actually responsible for clearing it.

#processes#zombie#debugging

Shell & TerminalDeep Dive July 11, 2026 3 min read

Job Control: How Shells Manage Foreground and Background Processes

Ctrl-Z, bg, fg, and the & at the end of a command all touch the same underlying mechanism — a shell feature that manages which processes can read your keyboard input at any given moment.

#deep-dive#job-control#processes

WSLDeep Dive July 11, 2026 2 min read

How WSL Lets Linux and Windows Executables Call Each Other

Running notepad.exe from a Bash prompt, or a Linux tool from Windows' own command line, works because of a specific interop layer translating between two completely different executable formats and process models.

#deep-dive#wsl2#interop