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Linux offers a robust environment for managing processes and seamlessly running tasks in the background. Whether you're a new user or seasoned sysadmin, understanding how to manipulate and control processes in Linux can dramatically enhance your productivity and system's efficiency. In this guide, we'll explore the basic concepts of process management and background processing in Bash, including how to handle tasks across different distributions using various package managers: apt (Debian-based systems), dnf (Fedora), and zypper (openSUSE). A process in Linux is an instance of a running program.