Debugging Tools

Every software programmer develops a quiver of tools that he or she brings to bear on current projects. The tools described in the following sections are some that I’ve found very useful for software development. This is by no means a complete list of tools that can be used for building and debugging software, but getting to know at least these tools will help you develop Linux software more quickly and effectively.

VMware Workstation

VMware, Inc. describes VMware Workstation like this:

VMware Workstation allows completely independent installations of operating systems on a single machine. Multiple instances of Windows or Linux can run side by side. Each machine is equivalent to a PC, since it has a complete, unmodified operating ...

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