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 ...

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 ...

End Notes The “Embedded Systems Programming” magazine (the predecessor of this Embedded.com website) used to publish several articles about state machines every year. The most popular such articles ...

Free software licenses and operating systems like GNU/Linux make it possible to learn programming and customize state-of-the-art software in countless ways. Hacking software, however, isn't the last ...

The Linux Foundation has launched a new organization to maintain and further develop TLA+, the spec language for programming.

Are there open-source operating systems that aren't based on Linux? Yes, while Linux underpins most open-source operating systems, there are OSes built around other kernels.