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Hardware is a general term that refers to the physical artifacts of a technology.
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In the previous article, we installed NetBSD on a HP Jornada 728 palmtop. Anyone who has worked with any BSD knows that the base operating system doesn't include many programs that most people use in...
I am suffering from Mac lust. I feel irresistably drawn to the new iMac. That lovely TFT monitor has cast a spell on me. Yet I still have wits enough to wonder, what is the state of Python and OS X?
In the Advanced filesystem implementor's guide, Daniel Robbins shows you how to use the latest filesystem technologies in Linux 2.4. In this conclusion to the AFIG series, Daniel continues his...
In the multi-part "Advanced filesystem implementor's guide", Daniel Robbins shows you how to use the latest filesystem technologies in Linux 2.4. Along the way, he shares valuable practical...
Pippy is a port of (a subset of) Python to the PalmOS. With Pippy, Python programmers can create custom applications to run on Palm devices, as well as use Pippy as an interactive environment...
David Mertz introduces TK and the Tkinter wrapper (Python's GUI library) with source code samples accompanied by detailed running commentary. To make life easy, he illustrates his examples with the...
In a related "Charming Python" installment, David introduces a way of simulating full-fledged coroutines with generators and a simple scheduler. It is possible to extend this scheduler in...
n this new series of tips, Daniel Robbins shows you how to change partition layout on a running system. He'll also cover several tricks of the trade to minimize downtime and avoid making costly...
Porting Windows applications to Linux doesn't have to involve a retraining nightmare. Markus Neifer shows how to port MFC using wxWindows, giving a user's guide to this open source GUI toolkit and...
The role of the kernel is mostly related to hardware control, as user-space programs need a way of referring to hardware devices that they wish to use. Some hardware devices are used implicitly,...
There are various ways to watch a running user-space program: you can run a debugger on it and step through the program, add print statements, or add a tool to analyze the program. This article...
The new 2.4 kernel is out! So it's time to track down a spare PC, put Linux on it, and see what it can do. In his two-part series on the Linux 2.4 Software RAID, Daniel Robbins introduces the new...
In this article, Daniel shares his experiences converting cvs.gentoo.org's /home filesystem to an LVM logical volume. After the transition, we get to see the benefits of LVM when cvs.gentoo.org's...
In this article, Daniel introduces you to the concepts behind Linux LVM (Logical Volume Management) and shows you how to get the latest kernel patches and tools installed on your system. LVM allows...
Hey, you with that old Pentium machine! Don't toss it away because it looks underpowered compared to all the fancy new hardware. It can have a second life as a firewall for your small business or...
When the ability to write and modify your own management software is the main objective, a custom-built wireless access point is the way to go. Take a look at what's involved in building a wireless...
