Linux has entered the mainstream as an operating system (OS) used in engineering applications, and like any evolving OS, it has spawned its share of development tools. Many of these tools exist as ...

The chipmaker, one of the first mainstream companies to endorse Linux, announces programming tools that it says will make Linux programs run better on its chips.

Intel, one of the first mainstream companies to endorse the Linux operating system, will release programming tools Thursday to make Linux programs run better on its chips. The chipmaker plans to ...

McObject and SYSGO are bundling their tools for embedded Linux development in a single package for developers of embedded Linux. The bundle includes a development copy of McObject's eXtremeDB-XML ...

Not only can you install many Linux programming tools like editors, compilers, interpreters, and debuggers on Linux using WSL, you'll spend less time trying to get them to run or running into ...

A plethora of Linux development tools premiered at last month's LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in New York City. Many, like Borland's Kylix, have been much anticipated. Others, such as ...

So while the distro might not ship with very many tools out of the book, you can easily flesh it out with your development toolchain to create a custom Linux distro for your programming needs.

An industry group has released the first version of a standard designed to make it easier to write Linux software by guaranteeing that different versions of Linux work similarly.