When TI released their Launchpad development board at the end of June it generated a lot of Buzz. Here’s a package that delivered a programmer, debugger, two microcontrollers, and some accessories for ...

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 ...

Even with so many other system-level languages to choose from, C remains the popular choice. Many key projects—such as the Linux kernel and the Python runtime—still use C, and they will likely do so ...

The Google-backed project to make Rust a second programming language in Linux kernel development after C just took it's next big step. Key to the project is Spain-based developer Miguel Ojeda, who's ...

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 ...

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… ...

Picat is a new logic-based programming language. In many ways, Picat is similar to Prolog, especially B-Prolog, but it has functions in addition to predicates, pattern-matching instead of unification ...

Sometimes, you really need a Windows desktop application, even if you're a die-hard Linux user. For those times, I recommend CodeWeavers' CrossOver. Better still, the latest version makes installing ...