Title: Practical Linux Programming: Device Drivers, Embedded Systems and the InternetAuthor: Ashfaq A. Khan Publisher: Charles River Media ISBN: 1-58450-096-4 Price: $49.95 I became quite curious when ...

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Are you a programmer, engineer, or system administrator looking to maximize your computer's use? Then, you need the best Linux distro for programming. We chose Fedora because it pushes Linux's ...

What is Linux? That's the question we're answering for PC owners wanting to break away from Windows and MacOS. We cover the past and present.

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An excerpt from Linux Programming by Example: The Fundamentals explaining memory management and the Linux/Unix address space.

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This installment starts a new segment of lessons about state machines. The subject conceptually continues the event-driven theme and is one of my favorites [1,2]. Today, you’ll learn what event-driven ...

[Andrew] picked up a handful of these big STC 8051 chips for a song and dance. The problem he has with them is the clunky VB6 programming software that only wants to run on a Windows box. He buckle… ...

After introducing interrupts and the foreground/background architecture, I am finally ready to tackle the concept of a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). In this first lesson on RTOS (commonly ...