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Book by Michael Kerrisk
The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook is a book written by Michael Kerrisk, which documents the APIs of the Linux
The Linux Programming Interface
The_Linux_Programming_Interface
Linux kernel APIs and ABIs
The Linux kernel provides multiple interfaces to user-space and kernel-mode code. The interfaces can be classified as either application programming interface
Linux_kernel_interfaces
Technical author and programmer
The Linux Programming Interface, published by No Starch Press in 2010. This book is widely regarded[citation needed] as the definitive work on Linux system
Michael_Kerrisk
Pair of pseudo-device endpoints
- The Linux Programming Interface [Book]". www.oreilly.com. Retrieved 2021-09-30. Kerrisk, Michael (2010). The Linux programming interface: a Linux and
Pseudoterminal
Connection between computers or programs
application programming interface (API) is a connection between computers or between computer programs. It is a type of software interface, offering a
API
Project for adding Rust language to Linux kernel
Rust for Linux is an ongoing project started in 2020 to add Rust as a programming language that can be used within the Linux kernel software, which has
Rust_for_Linux
Instructions a computer can execute
(1984). The Unix Programming Environment. Prentice Hall. p. 201. ISBN 0-13-937699-2. Kerrisk, Michael (2010). The Linux Programming Interface. No Starch Press
Computer_program
Software library for microprocessor metrics
In computer science, Performance Application Programming Interface (PAPI) is a portable interface (in the form of a library) to hardware performance counters
Performance Application Programming Interface
Performance_Application_Programming_Interface
Software that manages computer hardware resources
time by sending a signal to the CPU, usually by way of the system bus. Kerrisk, Michael (2010). The Linux Programming Interface. No Starch Press. p. 388
Operating_system
Type of programming paradigm in computer science
(2010). The Linux Programming Interface. No Starch Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-59327-220-3. Kerrisk, Michael (2010). The Linux Programming Interface. No Starch
Imperative_programming
Type of interface based on outputting to or controlling a text display
In computing, text-based user interfaces (TUI) (alternately terminal user interfaces, to reflect a dependence upon the properties of computer terminals
Text-based_user_interface
Software framework for audio
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) is a software framework and part of the Linux kernel that provides an application programming interface (API) for
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture
German software engineer
do the same. Poettering recommends also reading The Linux Programming Interface but ignoring the POSIX-specific parts. In 2011 Poettering, one of the main
Lennart_Poettering
Linux kernel interface for cryptography
must interface with the kernel. AF_ALG A netlink-based interface that adds an AF_ALG address family; it was merged into version 2.6.38 of the Linux kernel
Linux_kernel_crypto_API
Family of Unix-like operating systems that use the Linux kernel
kernel-userspace interface, the toolchain is a broad collection of programming tools vital to Linux development (including the compilers used to build the Linux kernel
Linux
Playing video games on Linux-based operating systems
development for Linux, while The Linux Programming Interface covers the Linux kernel interfaces in much greater detail. Beside majority of the software which
Video_games_and_Linux
Interface to software defined in terms of in-process, machine code access
and the consumer is a program. An ABI is at a relatively low level of abstraction. Interface compatibility depends on the target hardware and the software
Application_binary_interface
Programming language for statistics
the major operating systems (including Linux, MacOS, and Microsoft Windows). Its core is an interpreted language with a native command line interface
R_(programming_language)
Property of some operation(s) in concurrent programming
1007/s00446-016-0272-0. S2CID 16192696. Kerrisk, Michael (7 September 2018). The Linux Programming Interface. No Starch Press. ISBN 9781593272203 – via Google Books. "ARM
Linearizability
Application programming interface for audio filters
The Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin API (LADSPA) is an application programming interface (API) standard for handling audio filters and audio signal
LADSPA
Proposed software compatibility standard
The Application Programming Interface for Windows (APIW) Standard is a specification of the Microsoft Windows 3.1 API drafted by Willows Software. It
Application Programming Interface for Windows
Application_Programming_Interface_for_Windows
The following is a list of notable text editors. The editors below can be used with either a graphical user interface or a text-based user interface. The
List_of_text_editors
Memory map - POSIX-compliant system call
8". Kerrisk, Michael (2010). The Linux programming interface : a Linux and UNIX system programming handbook. San Francisco: No Starch Press. p. 1116.
Mmap
Graphical user interface builder
Glade Interface Designer is a graphical user interface builder for GTK, with additional components for GNOME. In its third version, Glade is programming language–independent
Glade_Interface_Designer
Unix variant developed by the Columbus, Ohio branch of Bell Labs
Advanced UNIX Programming. Prentice Hall. pp. 156–157. ISBN 0-13-011800-1. Kerrisk, Michael (2010). The Linux Programming Interface. No Starch Press
CB_UNIX
The Common Manageability Programming Interface (CMPI, also called Common Management Programming Interface) is an open standard that defines a programming
Common Manageability Programming Interface
Common_Manageability_Programming_Interface
Value identifying a user account in Unix and Unix-like operating systems
different UID is picked if an entry is found [1] Kerrisk, Michael. The Linux Programming Interface. No Starch Press, 2010, p. 171. "9.3. UID Ranges". Refspecs
User_identifier
their writers. John Barnes – Programming in Ada 2012 Andrew Koenig – C Traps and Pitfalls Brian W. Kernighan – The C Programming Language Guy L. Steele Jr
List_of_computer_books
Linux kernel interface for inter-process communication between processes
original incarnation as a Linux kernel interface, as well as in the form of a later implementation on FreeBSD. Similarly to the Unix domain sockets, and
Netlink
Traditional first example of a computer programming language
"Hello, world" program in a given programming language. This is one measure of a programming language's ease of use. Since the program is meant as an
Hello,_world
Formally verified capability-based microkernel
from the original on 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2026. Kerrisk, Michael (2010). "5: POSIX Message Queues". The Linux programming interface: a Linux
SeL4
Virtualization module in the Linux kernel
virtualization module in the Linux kernel that allows the kernel to function as a hypervisor. It was merged into the mainline Linux kernel in version 2.6
Kernel-based_Virtual_Machine
Standard file format for executables, object code, shared libraries, and core dumps
the specification for the application binary interface (ABI) of the Unix operating system version named System V Release 4 (SVR4), and later in the Tool
Executable and Linkable Format
Executable_and_Linkable_Format
Early commercial UNIX operating system
to System IV is one of the great unsolved mysteries of computer science. Kerrisk, Michael (2010). The Linux Programming Interface. No Starch Press. p. 921
UNIX_System_V
Microsoft proprietary protocol
constraints. The protocol is tightly coupled to Microsoft's programming interfaces and models, most notably the Network Driver Interface Specification
RNDIS
Technical specification for firmware architecture
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and VMware ESXi; and 2) EBBR: which requires compliance to a set of UEFI interfaces as defined in the Embedded Base Boot Requirements
UEFI
Linux kernel interface for storage devices
Computer programming portal Linux portal io_uring is a Linux kernel system call interface for storage device asynchronous I/O operations. It addresses
Io_uring
Free Unix-like operating system kernel
The Linux kernel is a free and open-source Unix-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide. The kernel was created by Linus Torvalds in
Linux_kernel
Ubuntu or Debian-based Linux distribution
Linux Mint began in 2006 with a beta release, 1.0, code named 'Ada', based on Kubuntu and using its KDE interface. Linux Mint 2.0 'Barbara' was the first
Linux_Mint
American publishing company
Relativity The Manga Guide to Statistics The Manga Guide to the Universe The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook "Penguin
No_Starch_Press
Free software collection
ISBN 9781430210436. Kerrisk, Michael (October 2010). The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook. No Starch Press. pp. 5–6. ISBN 9781593272203
GNU
Software for the PlayStation 2
Later versions of the PS2 Linux kit use an interface very similar to the HDD interface/Ethernet sold later for network play (the later released Network
Linux_for_PlayStation_2
Software development philosophy
that is a universal interface. Beyond these statements, he has also emphasized simplicity and minimalism in Unix programming: The notion of "intricate
Unix_philosophy
Means of entering commands to software
extension a program that provides an interface (either a user interface (command-line interface, GUI, etc...) or a programming interface) to a command
Command-line_interface
Performance analyzing tool in Linux
Performance Application Programming Interface Profiling (computer programming) Vince Weaver, The Unofficial Linux Perf Events Web-Page Linux perf event Features
Perf_(Linux)
Free software text editor
on the Linux desktop that recommend and/or cover the use of Bluefish: William Rothwell (2017). Linux for Developers: Jumpstart Your Linux Programming Skills
Bluefish_(software)
Feature for a Linux environment in Windows
also includes the ability to run Linux graphical user interface (GUI) apps using WSL 2 and CBL-Mariner. The Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI (WSLg) was
Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux
Software application used to develop software
with the IDE. Some IDEs provide special support for constructing a graphical user interface (GUI). Many IDEs support object-oriented programming via features
Integrated development environment
Integrated_development_environment
Subsystem of the Linux kernel
The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) is a subsystem of the Linux kernel responsible for interfacing with GPUs of modern video cards. DRM exposes an API
Direct_Rendering_Manager
along with a Linux kernel patch with the userspace interface for the drivers. The patch was known as KGI, the Kernel Graphics Interface. In 1997, GGI
General_Graphics_Interface
Acronym for a common web hosting solution
Python for the programming language The components of the LAMP stack are present in the software repositories of most Linux distributions. The acronym LAMP
LAMP_(software_bundle)
Multitasking operating system written in Oberon
was originally developed in the late 1980s at ETH Zurich. The Oberon System has an unconventional visual text user interface (TUI) instead of a conventional
Oberon_(operating_system)
although the GUIs usually receive more attention. GUI wrappers find a way around the command-line interface versions (CLI) of (typically) Linux and Unix-like
Graphical_user_interface
Family of IEEE standards for compatibility between operating systems
aspects of functionality that can be classified as application programming interface (API), command-line shell, and shell commands, originally derived
POSIX
Virtual filesystem directory available in the Linux kernel
permanent device nodes, for example the master-slave pair /dev/ptyp63 and /dev/ttyp63, cf. The Linux Programming Interface chapter 62 "Terminals" and chapter
Devpts
Software for deploying containerized applications
virtualization facilities provided directly by the Linux kernel, in addition to using abstracted virtualization interfaces via libvirt, LXC and systemd-nspawn.
Docker_(software)
Period when a computer system is available
its own private interfaces for obtaining the system uptime. On Linux, several procfs files provide information on the system uptime. The main file is /proc/uptime
Uptime
Interface between Web servers and external programs
Columbia) Historically CGI programs were often written using the C programming language. RFC 3875 "The Common Gateway Interface (CGI)" partially defines
Common_Gateway_Interface
Fortran software and development tools
is discontinued and ran on Linux and macOS AOCC — from AMD Classic Flang — part of the LLVM Project LLVM Flang — part of the LLVM Project Fortran 77 —
List of Fortran software and tools
List_of_Fortran_software_and_tools
Programming language
of scripting languages with the run-time performance of low-level programming languages. It aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME
Vala_(programming_language)
IRC client
document interface or tree interface, support for multiple servers, and numerous configuration options. XChat was initially developed in the late 1990s
XChat_(IRC_client)
Type of denial-of-service software attack
(2025). "cgroups/fork_bomb.c (from "The Linux Programming MC Interface")". man7.org. Linux/UNIX system programming training. Cooper, Mendel (2005). Advanced
Fork_bomb
Debian-based Linux distribution for penetration testing
Kali Linux is a Linux distribution designed for digital forensics and penetration testing. It is maintained and funded by Offensive Security. The software
Kali_Linux
Concept in computer programming
the original on 2007-08-24 – via the author's website at the University of Utah School of Computing. Kerrisk, Michael (2010). The Linux Programming Interface
Reentrancy_(computing)
daemons Unix philosophy util-linux IEEE Computer Society (December 1, 2008). "POSIX.1-2008 System Interfaces: realpath()". The Open Group. Base Specifications
List_of_POSIX_commands
Fedora OS release dates
Fedora Linux is a popular Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. Fedora attempts to maintain a six-month release schedule, offering new versions
Fedora_Linux_release_history
Linux distribution for wireless routers and embedded systems
operating systems based on Linux, primarily used on embedded devices to route network traffic. The main components are Linux, util-linux, musl, and BusyBox.
OpenWrt
Software that manages separately different parts of display screens
a client of the display server. The display server and its clients communicate with each other over an application programming interface (API) or a communications
Windowing_system
Programming language learning environment
Programmable Cricket Visual programming language Pencil Code (programming language) An open-source project for Scratch in Linux, not made by the Scratch team. "Scratch
Scratch (programming language)
Scratch_(programming_language)
Computer interface
port complete: programming, interfacing & using the PC's parallel printer port PyParallel - API for Python programming language Linux ppdev reference
Parallel_port
Patterns used in computer programming
variety of programming languages, mainly to process human input. A glob-style interface for returning files or an fnmatch-style interface for matching
Glob_(programming)
GNOME project's official screen banking and locking framework
officially become part of the GNOME Flashback project. On some GNOME-based Linux distributions, GNOME Screensaver was used instead of the framework that is a
GNOME_Screensaver
Software library for user interfaces
Newt is a programming library for color text mode, widget-based user interfaces. Newt can be used to add stacked windows, entry widgets, checkboxes, radio
Newt_(programming_library)
Set of software subsystems or components needed to create a complete platform
Manager (web interface) GLASS GemStone (database and application server) Linux (operating system) Apache (web server) Smalltalk (programming language) Seaside
Solution_stack
Object-oriented programming language
macOS through its Cocoa application programming interface (API). Implementations also exist for iPhone and Linux. The language was first announced at C4
Nu_(programming_language)
Filesystem in Unix-like operating systems
as an interface to internal data structures about running processes in the kernel. In Linux, it can also be used to obtain information about the kernel
Procfs
Former standard for Linux distributions
The Linux Standard Base (LSB) was a joint project by several Linux distributions[which?] under the organizational structure of the Linux Foundation to
Linux_Standard_Base
Abstraction layer for Linux kernel to show graphics on the system console
The framebuffer subsystem in the Linux kernel fbdev is used to show graphics on a computer monitor, typically on the system console. It was designed as
Linux_framebuffer
Interface to data link layers on a Unix-like system
other than the BPF raw interface but use the BPF filtering mechanisms for that raw interface. The Linux kernel provides an extended version of the BPF filtering
Berkeley_Packet_Filter
Standards for operating systems for using the UNIX trademark
trademark. The standard specifies programming interfaces for the C language, a command-line shell, and user commands. The core specifications of the SUS known
Single_UNIX_Specification
Program that emulates a video terminal
general terminal interface". manpages.ubuntu.com. Retrieved 2021-10-04. "Screen dumps". The Linux keyboard and console HOWTO. The Linux Documentation Project
Terminal_emulator
Set of graphical environments for Linux and BSD
the KDE community for Linux and BSD. It serves as the interface layer between the user and the operating system, providing a graphical user interface
KDE_Plasma
Computer software development kit
a portable, scriptable toolkit to build graphical user interfaces (GUIs) using the programming languages C, Perl, Lua, Nim and Zig, among others. This
IUP_(software)
Integrated development environment
object-oriented dialect of the BASIC programming language, and an integrated development environment that accompanies it. Designed to run on Linux and other Unix-like
Gambas
Programming language
(FAQ) - the Go Programming Language". "A Story of a Fat Go Binary". September 21, 2018. "Go Programming Language Specification, §Interface types". The Go Programming
Go_(programming_language)
Microsoft programming language
strongly typed, functional-first programming language that encompasses functional, imperative, and object-oriented programming methods. It is most often used
F Sharp (programming language)
F_Sharp_(programming_language)
Software synthesizer plugin architecture
applications running under Linux, although there is nothing specific to Linux in the interface itself. It is distributed under the terms of a combination
Disposable Soft Synth Interface
Disposable_Soft_Synth_Interface
Components of Windows NT providing compatibility with applications
POSIX, the latter of which corresponding a subset of the most common functions in the application programming interfaces of Unix-like systems. The latter
Environment_subsystem
Linux power management middleware
an application programming interface and a set of command line tools. The daemon provides its functionality to applications over the system bus (an instance
UPower
Software for high-performance networking
National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico. Portals is currently the lowest-level network programming interface on the commercially successful
Portals network programming application programming interface
Portals_network_programming_application_programming_interface
Software interface for Unix-like systems
code in user space while the FUSE module provides only a bridge to the actual kernel interfaces. FUSE is available for Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD
Filesystem_in_Userspace
Linux message-oriented middleware
Pennington to standardize services provided by Linux desktop environments such as GNOME and KDE Plasma. The freedesktop.org project also developed a free
D-Bus
Independent distribution developed entirely by volunteers
Void Linux is an independent Linux distribution that uses the X Binary Package System (XBPS) package manager, which was designed and implemented from scratch
Void_Linux
Linux distribution
GoboLinux is a Linux distribution whose most prominent feature is a reorganization of the traditional Linux file system. Rather than following the Filesystem
GoboLinux
command-line interpreter (CLI) – programs that interactively interpret programming languages and provide a command-line interface (cli) into which a user can
List of command-line interpreters
List_of_command-line_interpreters
The following is an incomplete list of Linux audio software. Amarok is a free music player for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Multiple backends
List_of_Linux_audio_software
Linux distribution for home theater PCs
LinuxMCE (Linux Media Center Edition) is a free and open source software platform with a 10-foot user interface designed to allow a computer to act as
LinuxMCE
Flexible mechanism for authenticating users
high-level application programming interface (API). PAM allows programs that rely on authentication to be written independently of the underlying authentication
Pluggable Authentication Module
Pluggable_Authentication_Module
Firewall management software
for Linux operating systems, acting as a high-level front-end interface for the Linux kernel's netfilter framework. Through its abstraction layer, firewalld
Firewalld
Linux network interface manager
other Linux kernel interfaces (and a couple of other daemons) and provides a high-level interface for the configuration of the network interfaces to simplify
NetworkManager
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