Linux systems obtain software from the repositories of the respective distribution. There is a central package database, updates cover the system and every installed program.

Linux Foundation launches Open Source Software Development, Linux, and Git certification If you want to learn how to develop open-source software on Linux, here's where to start.

The stock software must still be used for setting the MCU options. We’re not really familiar with the 8051 family but we’d bet that is akin to setting the fuses on the AVR chips.

In this book excerpt from The Art of UNIX Programming, author Eric S. Raymond discusses the philosophy of Unix, what it got right, and what it got wrong.

Tech Services & Software Linux program targets Solaris IBM will offer services designed to help customers migrate from Sun's Solaris to Red Hat's Linux.

A flaw in widely used Unix software could allow attackers to gain control over computers running Solaris, HP-UX and several versions of Linux, the maker of the software warns.

Dennis Ritchie, the software developer who brought the world the C programming language and Unix operating system, has died at the age of 70.

The book provides programming exercises for many fundamental concepts in process management, concurrency and communication. These programming exercises are similar to the exercises you would be doing ...

Dennis Ritchie, a pioneer in computer programming who created the popular C programming language and helped create the Unix operating software, has died at age 70, according to his longtime employer.