We’ll start out by introducing you to Mono (very briefly because you’ve probably had this pounded down your throat for the past 2 years) then we’ll present some code and screenshots that demonstrate ...

With ever increasing sizes of various programs (video games being notorious for this), the question of size optimization comes up more and more often. [Nathan Otterness] shows us how it’s done by ...

What happens when you run a Linux command? This simple act can appear straightforward, but many different things can actually occur, depending on whether you’re running an executable program, a shell ...

At first glance, both the executables that a compiler produces, and the libraries that are used during the building process seem like they’re not very accessible. They are these black boxes that make ...

Shell builtins are commands that are loaded into memory when a shell — such as bash, sh, or zsh — is invoked. The reason for this is that keeping these commands in memory helps ensure that these ...

It’s been a few weeks since Mono 1.0 was released. While the Mono team ramps up for their next milestone, Linux.Ars decided to take advantage of the time to break down Mono, C#, GTK#, and .NET for all ...