Although Linux receives a lot of praise as a rock-solid server and, recently, as an up-and-coming desktop, games have never been its strong suit. Sure, we all have our favorite diversions; I've spent ...

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 ...

We list the best Linux distros for developers, to make it simple and easy to program your coding projects on stable Linux distros. While Linux has a reputation for being primarily for coders and ...

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 ...

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 ...

After recently making the switch from Intel to AMD, Linus Torvalds has come out against 80-character-lines as a de facto programming standard. As reported by The Register, Torvalds shared his thoughts ...

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 ...

I am a CS student and have taken the basic 3 programming courses in C++ programming, but we only did programming for windows, and only in the console(so far). I am interested in writing some programs ...

Intel program to make it easier for Chinese and Indian computer makers to sell Linux on PCs is going global. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital ...