All Linux distributions provide a wide range of network applications—from dæmons that provide a variety of services such as WWW, mail and SSH to client programs that access one or more of these ...

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 ...

Want a good-paying programming job? By ZipRecruiter's count, the average annual pay for an open-source developer in the United States is $123,411. That's not bad. The first class, Open Source Software ...

Linux is not just for servers and hobbyists—it's also for working professionals.

Free software licenses and operating systems like GNU/Linux make it possible to learn programming and customize state-of-the-art software in countless ways. Hacking software, however, isn't the last ...

Whether you run IT for a massive organization or simply own a smartphone, you're intimately familiar with the unending stream of software updates that constantly need to be installed because of bugs ...

My friend wants to start game programming in Linux (specifically Ubuntu 9.10). He already knows C++, but he wants to start making 2D and 3D applications. I told him OpenGL was the best way to go; is ...

What just happened? Rust will soon be part of Linux, Torvalds has decided. The memory safe programming language will join C and the other traditional languages developers use to create new pieces and ...

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 ...

Why Linux is a launching pad for creative tech projects.

What do you use for an IDE in Linux if you use one? Having spent the last many years in Vis Studio I've grown rather fond of the debugger. However I'm really wanting to replace windows completely. As ...