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Byte: How To Port To And From Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 16, 1999

[ Thanks to Anonymous for
this link. ]

“Planning on porting? Here are some tips and tools you should
know.”

“Looking to port your program from Unix or Windows to Linux?
Doyou have a Linux application you would like to port to Windows?In
this article, I will discuss some of the technology and techniques
you may want to explore as you approach porting your
application.”

“Why the interest in porting programs to and from Linux? There
are at least two major trends I can identify that explain
this…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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