This 24-hour course will teach you the basics of running a Linux/Unix system, including scripting, packaging, managing system processes, and more.

Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distros for all kinds of users, from Linux newbies to seasoned campaigners. For ...

It explains the basics of makefiles and goes through a handful of examples, which are enough to get you started. Chapter Eight covers memory management in Linux, statically and dynamically allocated ...

OverTheWire is a collection of web-based games that challenge you to perform tasks. One of the best things about the OverTheWire games is that they teach you how to solve problems on your own and do ...

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 ...

Before you take the plunge and devote time and hardware to experimenting with Linux, let's cover the basics of this free OS. Though its design varies substantially from what you are used to in the ...

Free Standards Group released specifications to standardize Linux programs, so that software will be able to run smoothly on different versions of the OS.

Programming Linux Games is well written, often amusing and never stuns the brain the way some computer books do. Hall and the Loki staff clearly know their stuff, and they have scattered great hints ...

Windows API programming is for windows, and won't work in linux, for that reason. So I want to relearn C++, but for linux.

Bucking the trend of increasingly experimental desktop interfaces, the developers behind the Linux Mint are adopting a simpler desktop for the next version of the open-source Linux distribution ...