Abstract:The standard Linux is a typical time-sharing system, it has a poor real-time performance. But according to the applications of the Linux OS are expanding on real-time domain, it becomes necessary to enhance the performance of the Linux system. This paper analyses the schedule policies and schedule algorithms of the Linux kernel, and discusses several different kinds of methods about enhancing real-time performance of the Linux system from the total Linux system. They authors summarizes the current research's developments of the Linux system.