If you are to conduct the Linux research, and you want to do it well, you should study the steps of conducting a good Linux research described below.
 
Identify the Linux research topic. If you are at a loss, study some additional info about Linux, or consult someone who is more competent in this sphere.
 
Find more material on your Linux research topic. Try to fix something very special, or some unknown or little known fact. It will add zest to your research paper. Note everything useful for your Linux research. Try to organize your notes in order not to get confused. Do not forget to fix the source from which you have extracted one fact or another.
 
Try to state some purposes to know what exactly you want to get by means of your Linux research. Specify the tasks which are to be completed in order to reach your Linux research purposes.
 
Create a plan and a schedule for your Linux research process in order to know exactly what you should do next, and how quickly you should finish one stage of your Linux research and move to another. Conduct your Linux research, basing on the recently acquired knowledge, keeping to your Linux research plan.
 
Note the results of each stage of your Linux research.
 
Compose a general conclusion, basing and referring to the results of each stage of your work.
If all the steps are observed, you are likely to have conducted a really great Linux research. Maybe you will make a great contribution to the development of the modern study.