An industry group has released the first version of a standard designed to make it easier to write Linux software by guaranteeing that different versions of Linux work similarly. The Free Standards ...

An industry group releases the first version of a standard designed to make it easier to write Linux software by guaranteeing that different versions of it work similarly. Stephen Shankland worked at ...

Most people familiar with information technology or the computer world have at least heard of Linux. For years now, the open-source operating system has been popular among those who prefer it to more ...

You're using Linux every day—you may not just be realizing it. Every single time you enter a query on Google, scroll through your Facebook feed, or stream a video on YouTube, you're essentially ...

The following excerpt is from chapter 3, User-Level Memory Management, of Arnold Robbins’ book Linux Programming by Example: The Fundamentals, Prentice Hall PTR; (April 12, 2004), used with permission ...

There was a time when embedded system developers didn’t need to worry about graphics. When you have a PIC processor and two-line LCD, there isn’t much to learn. But if you are deploying Linux-based ...

If you don't think Linux skills are relevant, consider this: Linux system basics power Android devices, servicing half the world's smartphones and tablets. It's also the OS of choice for many of the ...

I know C++, but for windows, and I have not programmed it in quite a while. But I'd like to learn how to program C++ on the linux platform. Can someone point me in the right direction? Since most ...