Introducing Vala Programming: A Language and Techniques to Boost Productivity

© Michael Lauer 2019

M. LauerIntroducing Vala Programminghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5380-9_8

8. Linux

Michael Lauer¹ 

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Neu-Isenburg, Hessen, Germany

 

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This chapter shows how to use Vala for writing code that accesses platform-specific Linux low-level features.

Introduction

Linux is an operating system kernel. The initial implementation has been written by Linus Torvalds in 1991. Since then it has not only become one of the most successful open source community projects ever but also the most widespread ...