Professional Linux Programming

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The book is 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. Table of contents : AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Working with LinuxChapter 2: ToolchainsChapter 3: PortabilityChapter 4: Software Configuration ManagementChapter 5: Network ProgrammingChapter 6: DatabasesChapter 7: Kernel DevelopmentChapter 8: Kernel InterfacesChapter 9: Linux Kernel ModulesChapter 10: DebuggingChapter 11: The GNOME Developer PlatformChapter 12: The FreeDesktop ProjectChapter 13: Graphics and AudioChapter 14: LAMPIndex Market Description : · The primary audience is professional programmers who need to solve a particular problem while creating or modify applications using Linux. A server software developer, real-time software engineer, graphical software desktop developer or web programmer will all find valuable practical information in this book.· The secondary audience includes system administrators, and students. About Author : Jon Masters is an Embedded Linux Engineer working on custom kernel and user porting work with Liberte Software for MontaVista in the UK. He is editor for Kernel Features with Linux User and Developer in the UK, and frequently writes and presents on topics of relevance to the Linux community both at home and abroad.Eric Preston is an independent free and open source software consultant.Eric has written non-GPL device drivers for Linux in embedded environments as well as supported corporate clients' development teams transitioning to Linux in the embedded space.