Developing for Linux on the Desktop: dbus

I’ve previously written about how I feel Linux is a great OS for developers: it’s insanely configurable, it’s easy to customise, there are distributions to suit whichever level of stability you require, and the community around it is thriving. But what about developing for Linux, as opposed to on Linux? Although language choice isn’t much of an issue, there’s clearly a lot more than the language that goes in to developing a working application. Continue reading