--- title: 5 ways to learn C programming on Linux | daily.dev description: C is often seen as a utilitarian language, ready to be used as a building material for something that needs no platform because it's going to be its own... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/5-ways-to-learn-c-programming-on-linux-cbxdudhpt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 5 ways to learn C programming on Linux | daily.dev og:description: C is often seen as a utilitarian language, ready to be used as a building material for something that needs no platform because it's going to be its own... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/5-ways-to-learn-c-programming-on-linux-cbxdudhpt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CBxDudhPt.png og:image:alt: 5 ways to learn C programming on Linux og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 5 ways to learn C programming on Linux **[Open Source Way](https://daily.dev/sources/oss)** · 4 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary C is often seen as a utilitarian language, ready to be used as a building material for something that needs no platform because it's going to be its own foundation. Here are five technologies that utilize and rely upon C, and how they can each help you learn more about C yourself. GObject and GTK are excellent ways to start using C for GUI programming. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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