If you think about it, an operating system kernel is really just a very powerful shared library that offers services to many programs. Of course, it is a very powerful library, but still — its main ...

A vender I'm working with provided a static library (.a) and two header files. I'm purely a Java guy, and we'll eventually get to a pure Java library, but in the meantime I'd like to test using ...

In a move to open new markets for its machine-visionproducts, Cognex has added Linux support to the CVL (Cognex Vision Library)software developer's kit. The new CVL 7.0 CR7 release works with Linux ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. I’m a Linux advocate, but I’m also a realist. Anyone who tells you ...

IBM announced that the Library of Congress will run Linux on its pSeries servers, models that historically have run Unix. The Library of Congress will use the servers for an online catalog of film, ...

In this article, we look at two GUI libraries, examine the differences and give some advice on when to choose each. The company I work for is dedicated to helping customers make the right decision ...

Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability inside a core email-related library used by many BSD and Linux distributions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-7247, impacts OpenSMTPD, an ...