About the book: 2009 / The fourth edition of the popular guide provides the basics of programming in the Linux operating system. Covers: using C/C++ libraries and standard development tools, organizing system calls, file input/output, process interaction, shell programming, creating graphical user interfaces using GTK+ or Qt tools, using sockets, etc. Describes the compilation of programs, linking them with libraries and working with terminal input/output. Techniques are given for writing applications in the GNOME® and KDE® environments, storing data using the MySQL® DBMS and debugging programs. The book is well structured, which makes learning easy and fast. For beginner Linux programmers