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Hardware is a general term that refers to the physical artifacts of a technology.
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Learn useful techniques for making the most out of limited processing resources. This mini how-to shows you how to dual boot between AIX and Linux operating systems in a clustering environment, where...
Linux was one of the first cross-platform operating systems to use 64-bit processors, and now 64-bit systems are becoming commonplace in servers and desktops. Many developers are now facing the need...
Memory management is a large, complex, and time-consuming set of tasks, one that is difficult to achieve because crafting a model how systems behave in real-world, multi-programmed environments is a...
Learn how to set up and configure an Oracle RAC 10g Release 2 development cluster for less than US$1,800.
This installment of "Migrating from x86 to PowerPC" discusses detailed similarities and differences between booting Linux on an x86-based platform (typically a PC-compatible SBC) and a custom...
NetBSD and Yellow Dog Linux have both begun to support the Mac Mini. Peter Seebach looks at open source operating system options on this new contender in the embedded PowerPC platform space.
The Mac mini is an ideal low-cost, high-performance PowerPC development platform for numerous applications. Learn how to install and configure Linux on the mini. Future articles will add the software...
Construct and package a Linux LiveCD so that it will install using the standard Microsoft Windows install process and will operate as a standard Windows screensaver. Answering the most common concern...
The CBE SDK downloads: What's in the Cell Technologies by alphaWorks, why you want them, and what you need to get started. Sid Manning and Daniel Brokenshire answer the tough questions like "Why...
Knowing a little bit about how the Linux 2.6 scheduler treats CPU affinity can help you design better userspace applications. Soft affinity means that processes do not frequently migrate between...
Expensive groupware is simply overkill when all you want is to decide whose turn it is to do the dishes. See how Peter Seebach uses his old Linux box to build a miniscule Web-based household calendar...
A great philosopher once said, "Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so." What about real time? Specifically, what about Linux and real time? Paul McKenney of IBM discusses processors, computer...
In this episode of the ongoing Kuro Box project, learn how to add a USB camera to the machine. This article includes example Linux code to initialize and read from a USB camera through Video4Linux....
Looking forward to getting your hands on a Cell workstation? We were too -- until we talked to Linux for Cell kernel maintainer Arnd Bergmann. Learn about programming for Cell in general and for...
Base platform support for Linux on the Cell has been established and is currently on its way into the mainstream Linux kernel tree. Read about the Cell's unique architecture and the SPU file system...
Among the flavors of UNIX, Solaris is considered to be the
closest to Linux, so before starting a port of large Unix-based
application to Linux, the operating system-dependent code is
generally...
Article that goes over the basics in setting up to program PIC microcontrollers in Linux using GPUTILS and GPSIM. Includes a demonstration program in PIC ASM language and shows how to compile and...
