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Experienced Windows programmer wants to learn Linux programming.
I have a Windows 7 machine. No Linux installed yet.
I have to learn from scratch including installation and then programming.
I have been programming in C/C++ for lots of years - nothing to learn here.
Just the Linux stuff.
Any good tutorials that match the situation?
How long should it take?
To get used to a linux environement, I think you should first get a live CD/USB of any Linux distribution that you want. By example you can follow this tutorial for Ubuntu or this one for Fedora.
Then, you can open a terminal and follow another tutorial like this one, to start programming on Linux.
Finally, if you need to install the Linux distribution, you should know that nowadays every good Linux distribution have a very easy installer directly available from their live CD/USB. Just put your basic configuration and click next !
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I want to convert my old PC into linux system and use it for Android code development. The resource is very limited (256 MG) memory. Currently, PC is running on XP SP3. What is the available OS for this PC? Currently, I am using a Win8 PC for android development. It seems that I need to download some codes from google web site and all instructions are linux command line based. I may use this old turd as a code repository so that I can study other people codes.
Any suggestions?
I would either recommend Debian if you want a stable distribution or if you need bleeding
edge software Arch Linux.
The wiki of Arch Linux is to my opinion better than the one of Ubuntu and Arch lets you do everything as you want it.
If you need to get started fast you can also go for Xubuntu (http:// xubuntu.org) as it is made for old hardware.
All three should run on your computer. So its just a matter of what you prefer.
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I have a complete program that uses opencv which I have written in C++ on Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. I have now been asked to assess the possibility of getting the program running on a Ubuntu server, of which I have no experience.
As such, my questions are:
1 - Does any one have a good tutorial for porting applications from C++ Windows to Ubuntu?
2 - on a scale of 1-10 (1=easy) how difficult would this be?
3 - Ubuntu will be running on a server, does this make a difference to OpenCV?
I have had zero experience with Ubuntu so a step by step guide would be really great if anyone can help!
many thanks for your help,
Kay.
If you have written your program in standard C++, you will have no problem compiling. The problem might be for example in linking the libraries you are using. Depending on the complexity of your project, you might have to find an adequate building system, like cmake. It's better if you implement the latter first in Windows. Did you build yourself OpenCV? Do the same for Ubuntu, DO NOT USE the distribution OpenCV packages available with Ubuntu.
If you have somebody that knows about Ubuntu assisting you, it will be much smoother.
No difference, if you use it like a normal work station. If you access remotely, you might have to solve some visualization issues.
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I am fairly of familiar with Ubuntu and I have used it a lot in the past for programming purposes, but right now I would like to try something different. Instead of doing a dual boot on my computer, I am going to do my PHP development in a Virtual Machine, probably using VMWare or whatever.
The problem is, that with only 4GB of RAM, it seems like recent versions of Ubuntu are a bit too heavy to run really smoothly on this computer. So instead, I am searching for a Linux system that can easily run with only 1/2 or 1 GB of RAM assigned to it.
What would you suggest for this?
I'm not really sure if it makes a difference, but here's a list of the things I'll really need to be using in it:
apache2
php5
php5-memcache
php5-sqlite
memcached
postgresql
php5-pgsql
phppgadmin
I understand that this is not really the typical kind of questions you find on stackoverflow, but I'm very certain that it may be useful to somebody someday.
Take a look at Vagrant. It will share your current directory with the guest. So you use your native editing tools and your native browser to test things. That way the VM stays small with no GUI.
I recommend Puppy Linux if you're looking for a lighter Linux distribution.
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/MinimumSystemRequirements
http://puppylinux.org/main/Overview%20and%20Getting%20Started.htm
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I would want to install a free Linux OS in my laptop. I am not a techie. I am looking for Linux OS which will have inbuilt features for Fn(Function) keys. Please suggest me if you know any particular Linux OS with these features.
This OS have a laptop version. Easy to use, and supports the newest hardwares:
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
There are so many choices. Ubuntu is the defacto first distro, although I don't really care for it ever since they went to Unity and Gnome 3. I would rather use Mint with Cinnamon.
A good start is to look at something like Linux Watch http://distrowatch.com/ and see what distros sound good to you, then burn the live disk and check it out. If you like it you can then install it.
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I been trying to install Ubuntu for my new laptop for ages now. Always getting the same error the very last second of the install.
Here is a screenshot and a the log of the install.
LOG : http://pastebin.com/sHr1x7C7
Screenshot: http://i40.tinypic.com/160vi88.jpg
Used the windows installer. Tried to reboot multiple times. But the OS is not showing up on the list on boot.
First, the distrib is ubuntu, not ubunto.\
Secondly, I recommand you to use a live CD or a USB stick if you want to try the system, and if it works well and/or you like it, install the system using that same medium.
There are plenty of howto on the internet, so I won't explain here, but the principle is to reduce windows partition (or allocating a full hard drive for linux) and manage the partition scheme throw the installer.
Hope this helps, at least a little :-)
First, it's ubuntu, not ubunto. From my google searches your problem is a pretty common one with no apparent solution. Burn the ISO to CD and install that way, it is the most reliable method. If you cannot do that, try the USB or netboot options, but the CD is the best way.