Profiling tools for Linux

Some profiling tools on Linux

http://valgrind.org/

http://www.cs.utah.edu/dept/old/texinfo/as/gprof_toc.html

http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/about/

http://perfinsp.sourceforge.net/#Overview

Guide to porting from Solaris to Linux on x86

Solaris is considered one of the closest flavors of UNIX® to Linux™, but for migration purposes, there can be differences between the two in the areas of memory mapping, threading, or natural language support (to name just a few). This porting guide gives you advice on planning for the port to Linux/x86, and helps you understand the differences in the development environment and architecture.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-solar/