Devices can be character devices (like keyboards and serial ports), block devices (such as hard disks and USB devices), network devices and virtual devices. On Linux systems, devices are represented ...

A filesystem is a way that an operating system organizes files on a disk. These filesystems come in many different flavors depending on your specific needs. For Windows, you have the NTFS, FAT, FAT16, ...

In the Linux environment, the file system acts as a backbone, orchestrating the systematic storage and retrieval of data. It is a hierarchical structure that outlines how data is organized, stored, ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Linux has consistently ranked among the top operating systems used in embedded systems design. With the rapid growth in interest in the Internet of Things (IoT), the ability of ...

Day 1: I open the box to see a small USB device—no bigger than a quarter—a CD and a note from my editor, “Make this work on Linux!” “Okay”, I think, “this should be easy.” Figure 1. MARX Software ...

Viewing the content of files and examining access permissions and such are very different options. This post examines a number of ways to look at files on Linux. There are a number of ways to view ...

The Mobile Settings window of GSConnect. How to connect your Android device to your Linux desktop Your email has been sent If you've been wishing you could connect your Android device to your Linux ...

I'm trying to port a .NET program to mono. I want to stick a small, platform-specific wrapper over the device that returns a FileStream. On Windows, I need to use the native CreateFile function to get ...

Getting sound configured in Linux can be a nightmare. Rescue is on the way in the form of Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA). Jim McIntyre is here to walk you through installing and configuring ...