This document describes various features of Linux that will affect how Perl
version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or runs.
+=head2 Deploying Perl on Linux
+
+Normally one can install F</usr/bin/perl> on Linux using your distribution's
+package manager (e.g: C<sudo apt-get install perl>, or
+C<sudo dnf install perl>). Note that sometimes one needs to install some
+extra system packages in order to be able to use CPAN frontends, and that
+messing with the system's perl is not always recommended. One can use
+L<perlbrew|https://perlbrew.pl/> to avoid such issues.
+
+Otherwise, perl should build fine on Linux using the mainstream compilers
+GCC and clang, while following the usual instructions.
+
=head2 Experimental Support for Sun Studio Compilers for Linux OS
Sun Microsystems has released a port of their Sun Studio compilers for
-Linux. As of November 2005, only an alpha version has been released.
-Until a release of these compilers is made, support for compiling Perl with
-these compiler experimental.
+Linux. As of May 2019, the last stable release took place on 2017, and one can
+buy support contracts for them.
-Also, some special instructions for building Perl with Sun Studio on Linux.
-Following the normal C<Configure>, you have to run make as follows:
+There are some special instructions for building Perl with Sun Studio on
+Linux. Following the normal C<Configure>, you have to run make as follows:
LDLOADLIBS=-lc make
-C<LDLOADLIBS> is an environment variable used by the linker to link modules
+C<LDLOADLIBS> is an environment variable used by the linker to link
C</ext> modules to glibc. Currently, that environment variable is not getting
populated by a combination of C<Config> entries and C<ExtUtil::MakeMaker>.
While there may be a bug somewhere in Perl's configuration or