Год выпуска: 2007
Создатель: Jon Masters, William Weinberg
ISBN: 9780471776130
Формат: PDF
Качество: eBook(вначале компьютерное)
Количество страничек: 507
Язык: Английский
Описание:
The book will be sub-divided into four primary sections: Linux Nuts & Bolts, The Linux Kernel, The Linux Desktop, and Linux for the Web. The sections address key topics that Linux programmers need to master along with newer challenges. Cross-compilation(the act of building software on one type of computer system with the intention that it run on a foreign target platform)is a classical issue for those working on Linux projects and has a number of generally accepted approaches for its solution. Contrast the classical cross-compilation with a newer issue of dynamic device insertion and removal("hotplug"). The Project Utopia has seeded various technologies that allow for automated device detection and discovery to work correctly on Linux systems - in a way that rivals that already available to users of other common computing platforms. Today, a Linux user who plugs in a USB stick can reasonably expect to have it "just work". Part of the Desktop Linux section will discuss how to work with these technologies(D-BUS, hal, udev, etc.)in order to put such technological advancement to practical use.
Unique features of the book include using emulation and virtualization technologies for kernel development and application testing. The discussion of key Linux projects such as Project Utopia, and the accessibility and internationalization capabilities present in the GNOME desktop represent a key value-add that will serve to give readers invaluable insight into how their applications code really fits in with the rest of the software stack.