EAST BAY LINUX USERS GROUP

Next Meeting

Wednesday May 15, 2013 at 7:00 pm at Hurricane Electric in Fremont, CA

Any people who would like to give a presentation to EBLUG can now fill out the Guest Speaker Request form from the Main Menu.

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The Linux Programming Interface -New from No Starch Press

The New, Definitive Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook

San Francisco, CA, September 30, 2010—The Linux Programming Interface (No Starch Press, October 2010, 1552 pp., $99.95, ISBN 9781593272203) is the definitive guide to the Linux and UNIX programming interface—the interface employed by nearly every application that runs on a Linux or UNIX system. In this extraordinarily thorough work, Michael Kerrisk, longtime maintainer of the Linux man-pages project, explains the "how and why" of using the hundreds of system calls and library functions needed to master system programming. A large number of example programs, tables, and diagrams round out the discussion.

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New Online Course from O'Reilly

Online Course:
Processing and Arduino in Tandem
Creating Your Own Digital Art Tools

Instructor: Joseph Gray
This course is an online course in partnership with creativeLIVE

Create your own drawing and animation software-and learn basic programming and electronics skills at the same time. This engaging 5-week online course introduces you to two simple tools: Processing, a programming language for visual thinkers, and Arduino, a hardware platform for working with electronics. You'll learn how to use these tools together to build something useful right away. You'll learn to:

Use Processing to create basic software applications
Make your own drawing and animation tools
Create a GUI (Graphical User Interface) to control your software
Use an Arduino to provide physical controls for your drawing and animation tools

Learn more Processing and Arduino in Tandem.

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New User Group Discounts

Get 40% off books from O'Reilly, Microsoft Press, No Starch, Paraglyph, PC Publishing, Pragmatic Bookshelf, Rocky Nook, SitePoint, or YoungJin books and 50% off ebooks you purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering online or by phone 800-998-9938.