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An alternative for Game Maker on Linux?
Are there any alternatives to Game Maker built for Linux that get the job done using a familiar interface, similar converting scripting language(eg, Javascript) that DOESN'T export the games as either ...
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How to test the touch screen on embedded devices like iPhone / iPad / Kindle? [closed]
I want to test the touch panels on embedded devices like iPhone, iPad and Kindle against following criteria:
Do a gesture, like tap, swipe, pinch ( zoom in/out) 10000 times and validate that every ...
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C++ “under the hood” books for advanced readers? [closed]
Are there any particularly good books for understanding how C++ works "under the hood"? My reasons for asking this are that I am very interested in C++ performance system programming (low latency ...
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How do programs like subversion detect when a file has been edited as opposed to created/deleted?
This is my first question here so I hope it is not off topic. Although I am using the Linux inotify library to listen for changes to files, and I compare use of that against the Subversion program, I ...
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Best practice to detect an installation?
I am writing a script to detect the presence of certain program (sphinx search) in linux. I first check to see if the file exists, and then I compare the size of the file to known sizes of the ...
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What computer platform would you suggest for daily development? [closed]
What would it be? Laptop with Windows? Linux? MacBook? Desktop version of the former?
I see many people from open-source world (especially US) use MacBooks for development (web/java). Can you ...
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Is Cygwin or Windows Command Prompt preferable for getting a consistent terminal experience for development?
The question:
Which is better, installing cygwin or one of its cousins on all my windows machines to have a consistent terminal experience across all my development machines, or becoming well trained ...
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is it possible for the author to trademark the name of an open-source application? [closed]
I would like to know if the name of an open-source application can be trademarked by the original author and what it means when it comes to distributing it through major linux distros, that is, will ...
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Any basic difference between Unix and Linux in design and other aspects? [closed]
I keep reading this sentence:
Linux is a Unix-like system, but it is not Unix.
I don't know what's the real difference between the two. I know Linux got a lot of ideas from Unix and the licenses ...
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Paper on Linux memory access techniques sought
Over on stackoverflow someone posted a link to a paper written by a Linux kernel engineer about how to use computers and RAM. He started off by explaining how RAM works (right down to the flip-flops) ...
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Who uses GnuSTEP?
This has been a big question lurking at the back of my head. From what I see, GnuSTEP nowadays is primarily a "hobby" project of a small but tightly-knit group of people. However I haven't seen a ...
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Low level Linux graphics
For educational purposes, I'd like to write an application on a Linux environment that can process keyboard events and draw graphics without huge dependencies like X or SDL. I presume that this must ...
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Linux for web Development [closed]
I usually used windows for developing desktop applications, but recently I've almost abandoned desktop apps and have been doing web development so much. I'm using many web technologies and languages, ...
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Where do I start in regards to making a Gnome/Unity Form Application
Ok so I am familiar with developing Form and Console applications on Windows using Visual Studio .Net with C#, but where do I start when it comes to Linux distro's like Ubuntu, is there an equivalent?
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Ubuntu, OpenSuse, the world of linux for a web-developer
I'm learning web development. My main OS is windows 7 but I've used Linux and currently dual-booting with Ubuntu. My Linux knowledge however, is pretty limited. I can work with the command line on ...
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Minimal linux distro for compiling arm binaries
I have this setup:
A windows/x86 development box and a PandaBoard ES for testing with a linux on it.
I would like to ask you for recommending a linux distribution that I would run in Hyper-V on my ...
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Best solution to run a Linux sandbox on my Windows machine? [closed]
I'd like to develop some node.js on my windows machine by using a virtual linux server that runs as a program and that I would access through ssh.
I'd like this virtual linux instance to access the ...
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Porting Software [closed]
I would like to know what would be needed to study and understand in terms of computing platforms and OS (Linux, Mac OS X and Windows) to become a software porting engineer.
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Best linux editor for navigating source code [closed]
I like to download some source code off and on and to explore it.
Usually I used Eclipse to work in a project if it takes a long time.
But for quick source code explorations creating a project every ...
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How can I develop a Package Manager for Embedded Systems?
I need to develop/use a package manager for an embedded Linux system with the following properties:
A master fully controls which packages need to be installed (the slave has no possibility to ask ...
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How can I convert PPT files to PNG in PHP without COM?
I need to convert Powerpoint files to PNG in PHP. I can do the conversion with using COM in PHP but COM is only supported on Windows. I need to do this for both Windows and Linux.
I am wondering if ...
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LUA vs Shell scripting vs C for cgi-scripting on embedded devices
I am going to try CGI scripting for implementing a web based Graphical User Interface on an embedded device. What advantages does LUA scripting have over shell scripting or C for implementing dynamic ...
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Free Java IDE on Linux to target Andriod for C# hack [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Do I need an IDE to develop Android apps?
I have barely used anything other than Visual Studio since .NET 1.0, and that's no exaggeration. I spent around 18 months ...
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Is there a canonical book on C Programming in GNU/Linux?
I am looking for a good ebook (or two) for learning the C programming language, specifically programming in a GNU/Linux environment. I'm not a beginner programmer, but I have almost no experience in ...
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How to deploy a heterogeneous server application to customers?
We have a bigger application server which customers would like to have deployed locally.
It consists of an MySQL server database, a REDIS database, multiple Web servers for sub parts, a NGINX reverse ...
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How To Handle Previously Uploaded Files
I'm new to PHP and MySQL and I've only seen posts related to this on Zend and ASP so I'm looking for some advice to point me in the right direction for a LAMP project.
I'm putting together a webform ...
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Intro to Windows development for a Linux programmer [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a Windows philosophy of programming?
I hope this is the right forum to ask such a question. I'm also hoping it's not too broad in scope.
From googling around, ...
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Comparison of IDEs for C++ and C development on Linux: KDevelop, Eclipse, NetBeans, CodeBlocks and Anjuta
I'd like to note your experience of full scale IDEs on Linux.
I personally work mostly with vim, however other programmers would like
to see a real IDE. So I'd like to hear your personal opinion ...
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What are all these license types for applications?
I am thinking of making some applications for Linux (primarily Ubuntu) and I have an intention of selling some in the Ubuntu Software Center and offering a few applications for free.
These free ...
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What is the starting point for Ubuntu app development?
I'm thinking of developing software for Ubuntu and other related Linux-based distros (like Linux Mint). But currently am at a loss for where to start.
Would learning Python be enough/good?
And what ...
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How to tackle massive Linux/makefile projects effectively?
I have been developing Windows applications in C++ for like 10 years now. And recently I've started digging into some Linux projects, and I can't stand how unproductive I am...
I'm a fast learner, ...
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How do I choose a package format for Linux software distribution?
We have a Java-based application that, to date, we've been distributing as a tarball with instructions for deploying. It's mostly self-contained so deployment is fairly straight-forward:
Untar on ...
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Getting a solid understanding of Linux fundamentals
I'm delving into the Linux world again as a diversion from my Microsoft-centric day job, and every time I tackle a new project I find it a frustrating exercise in trial and error.
One thing that I ...
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What and all the areas of Linux a PHP developer should know about? (Like just commands of it or something advanced)
I've developed a website using PHP but I implemented it on Windows OS and hosted it on Windows server.
I just searched the PHP job market to know the on-going technology requirement and to keep my ...
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Is it possible to effectively develop PHP applications on Windows that will be deployed on servers running Linux?
Is it fine to code PHP on Windows and host it later on a server running Linux? Can there be any problems in the migration of such a project?
I would think that there really can't be any problems, ...
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How was Git designed?
My workplace recently switched to Git and I've been loving (and hating!) it. I really do love it, and it is extremely powerful. The only part I hate is that sometimes it's too powerful (and maybe a ...
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What is the difference between being an IT in investment bank and a professional IT company?
Suppose there are two positions:
IT in investment bank: developer for the infrastructure or the platform
a famous IT company: embedded developer, linux
As far as I understand, since in the ...
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Monitor Process
I have some previous posts talking about how to use python to "do something" when a record is inserted or deleted into a postgres database. I finally decided on going with a message queue to handle ...
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Why are all desktop environments but KDE using GTK? [closed]
I recently did some hacking with Qt, and found it quite pleasant. Then I switched distributions on my laptop a couple of time, and noted that only KDE is using Qt, all the others are using the Gnu ...
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Is an ASP.NET site in a Linux environment possible?
I found some software a while ago that claimed to execute ASP.NET applications on a Linux server, I remember that the information said that takes the code and converts it to Java. I never downloaded ...
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How does a developer set up an environment to hack on an OS like Linux, Plan9 or BSD?
I've always found it daunting and confusing how an OS hacker sets up their workflow. As a web-developer I find it easy to set up a workflow because web-sites run on servers and as such my OS is never ...
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What is the best method to start understanding BIG project source code? [closed]
Sometimes before developing new products we need to understand some existing products or existing source code.
Sometimes to write another small module of that big project we need to understand that ...
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PHP IDE with working autocompletion/intellisense
I am in search for a - preferably free - php ide with working autocompletion aka IntelliSense™. I have been working with NetBeans for a couple years, hoping the php support would become somewhat ...
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Interviewing someone for general unix skills
How would you test a developer that claims to have *nix shell experience (just to be clear, we don't want to test if someone can develop on *nix, only that they know their way around the command ...
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Do LAMP/Java-based software development teams have SOE's?
As a developer on the Windows/.NET stack, it's pretty normal for the company-supplied machine to come with Windows (usually an ancient, archaic version like Windows XP) and a stack of software ...
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Schemes to resolve deadlocks
I am interested in research that detects and recover from deadlocks. In other words the system is able to recover from deadlock faults. I'm interested in shared memory multicore processors. Uptill now ...
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How hard would it be for Microsoft to support deployment of .net apps onto OSX and linux [closed]
Given the announcement of the windows 8 tablet edition and more details on the app store, it would be amazing if this infrastructure could be leveraged for the OSX desktop and or MonoTouch. ...
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What is the best idea to put available OS (linux) and Web application to client?
After a year programming a web based business management system, I got my idea divided into two differents ways to do what I'm doing... I will try to explain in follow lines:
First I will describe my ...
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Programming your own linux distribution?
So, during the couple of days I've been thinking what it takes to make your own linux distribution. Where should I actually start? I'd like to have some very basic tips for this. I consider myself a ...
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Should we choose Java over C# for a new project?
We have a team of .NET developers (C#) with a range of experience from 2 to 6 years. Over the last few years we have been developing Silverlight, ASP.NET MVC, and WPF applications. However, there is a ...
