Kalle Dalheimer

Programming with Linux

Slides from the talk

• Language: English
• Duration: 45 minutes
• Level: b

Developers switching (even partially) from Windows to Linux face a completely different world. Not only are the development tools different, but the philosophy itself is different, too. In my talk, I will present some of the options (languages, tools, environments, libraries) that Linux developers have for their development work, try to give an impression of the mindset of many Linux developers and talk (shortly) about whether you should release your software as Open Source Software or not.

Prerequisites

• Some exposure to Linux as a user
• Some programming experience on any platform
• Willingness to learn about new things

Kalle Dalheimer

A native German, Kalle has recently emigrated into the deep forests of Värmland (Sweden) where he is President and CEO of Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a company specializing in cross-platform software development (with an emphasis on porting from Windows to Linux), developer training, and technical documentation. Kalle is one of the founding members of the KDE project where he works as part-time library maintainer, KOffice developer and almost-full-time evangelist. He wrote several books for O'Reilly & Associates, among others "Programming with Qt" and the third edition of the well-known "Running Linux" (together with Matt).