IBM developerworks recently published an introduction to shared libraries on Linux. The article describes the basic functionality, explains the naming conventions and provides an insight about the way a dynamic linker works. A recommended read if you are interested in the bowels of you digital friend.

The author’s profile is great as well:

Peter Seebach has been sharing libraries ever since kindergarten, and continues to believe that the idea is basically sound, although the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) doesn't agree with him.