Dennis Ritchie is dead. Long live UNIX and C!
Sad news and no fanfare for the passing of this s/w giant =( Father Of C And UNIX, Dennis Ritchie, Passes Away At Age 70
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“C Programming in Linux” by David Haskins. An alternative to “The C Programming Language” by Kernighan and Ritchie
I found this great book for learning C. Lesson 1 is the usual “hello world” console app, but literally the next example dives into using it as a CGI script. It teaches all the usual C console output stuff, but concentrates on web programming with C and apache web server. This is great, as the…
Put Archlinux on my eee pc 901
I decided to wipe eeebuntu 8.04 from my eee pc 901. I have put on archlinux which turns out to be great! you have a lot more control of ur installation with archie, and i’ve gone for a very lightweight approach to suit my netbook. No desktop environment, just using openbox window manager, and carefully…
Ubuntu 10 (Lucid Lynx) Linux Post-Install Set Up Tips
1) don’t use 64-bit unless you have more than 3.5 GB of RAM installed. more trouble than it’sworth. 2) to change minimize, maximize, close window buttons from left side to right side of top of window: run gconf-editor and go to /apps/metacity/general/button_layoutchange from “close,minimize:” to “menu:minimize,maximize,close” 3) get the win key working: run gconf-editor and…
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