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What is LTTng? As its name suggests, the
_Linux Trace Toolkit: next generation_ is a modern toolkit for
tracing Linux systems and applications. So your first question might
rather be: **what is tracing?**
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	5	What is LTTng? As its name suggests, the
	6	_Linux Trace Toolkit: next generation_ is a modern toolkit for
	7	tracing Linux systems and applications. So your first question might
	8	rather be: what is tracing?