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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This post first appeared on Business Insider. Hello everybody out there using minix - I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones… ...

The chipmaker, one of the first mainstream companies to endorse Linux, announces programming tools that it says will make Linux programs run better on its chips. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

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 ...

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 ...