When checking what libraries a newly built Qt 4 program used (I was about to post a comment about Qt’s dependencies on X and wanted to make sure I wasn’t lying) I got this output:
# ldd a.out
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
...
Since I hadn’t seen that before and linux-gate.so.1 was nowhere to be found on my harddrive, I had to google it.
So, the only reason this post exists is that I wanted to give you a link to an explanation. Interesting read for some (notably geeks like me). Here it is: What is linux-gate.so.1.
We end with a quote (see article for explanation)
I [Linus Torvalds] am a disgusting pig, and proud of it to boot.
