The Linux Programming Interface

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Newsgroups

Usenet newsgroups can often be a good source of answers to specific programming
questions. The following newsgroups are of particular interest:

z comp.unix.programmer addresses general UNIX programming questions.

z comp.os.linux.development.apps addresses questions relating to application devel-
opment specifically on Linux.

z comp.os.linux.development.system, the Linux system development newsgroup,
focuses on questions about modifying the kernel and developing device drivers
and loadable modules.

z comp.programming.threads discusses programming with threads, especially POSIX
threads.

z comp.protocols.tcp-ip discusses the TCP/IP networking protocol suite.

FAQs for many Usenet news groups can be found at http://www.faqs.org/.

Before posting a question to a newsgroup, check the FAQ for the group (often

posted regularly within the group itself) and to try a web search to find a solution

to the question. The http://groups.google.com/ web site provides a browser-

based interface for searching old Usenet postings.

Linux kernel mailing list

The Linux kernel mailing list (LKML) is the principal broadcast communication
medium for the Linux kernel developers. It provides an idea of what’s going on in
kernel development, and is a forum for submitting kernel bug reports and patches.
(LKML is not a forum for system programming questions.) To subscribe to LKML,
send an email message to [email protected] with the following message
body as a single line:

subscribe linux-kernel

For information about the workings of the list server, send a message body contain-
ing just the word “help” to the same address.
To send a message to LKML, use the address [email protected]. The
FAQ and pointers to some searchable archives for this mailing list are available at
http://www.kernel.org/.

Web sites

The following web sites are of particular interest:

z http://www.kernel.org/, The Linux Kernel Archives, contains the source code for
all versions of the Linux kernel, past and present.

z http://www.lwn.net/, Linux Weekly News, provides daily and weekly columns on
various Linux-related topics. A weekly kernel-development column summa-
rizes traffic through LKML.