im trying to build my own tablet computer. my original idea was to build the os from scratch but then i thought it would be easyeir to build a GUI on top of a linux os. the idea would be that it would be linux in esance but would boot into my gui instaed of ubunto or fedora or something. the problem is i cant find any tools that i could do this with. I found sites that say i can create my own distro but they turn out to only do things like preinstall software. i realy want something that basicly lets me remake the GUI. I have limeted knowlodge of linux but i have programed games and software before. any tips or programing environments are welcome.
Is it possible to somehow install Debian on-top of Ubuntu (Lucid Lynx)? I would just install Debian, but I am limited to a wireless connection. And currently a live wire connection is just not an option.
I'm planning to setup a ubuntu file server. I'll be using the 8.04LTS server edition. the system is probably going to have 4 harddrives. at the end they shall form an software RAID10 system. I'd like to use lvm at some point in order to able to make snapshots as I read through some mdadm and lvm docu/tutorials I could think of two possible setups:
in both cases:
small raid1 of 2 partitions that will form /boot small raid1 of 2 different partitions as swap space
1. the rest will form 2 large raid1, which will be combined to a single virtual drive via lvm
2. make a raid10 out of the rest with mdadm, then make a lvm volume group just consisting of the 1 virtual raid0 device are there pros/cons for either solution? is lvm as powerfull as mdadm in striping? will the first solution produce less overhead?
I'm currently working on my graduation project and have chosen to strip a Ubuntu version of Linux and customize it.I downloaded the LFS book and have started reading it, I'm really just looking to create a new Man or at least rename it and create some commands for it. Also I'm looking to create a new Gui theme with some custom icons.
How would I create a sed or awk command that would add a | to the end of a line if it wasn't already there? I'm trying to import some files into mysql, but some of the lines to not end with a | which is my field delmiter.
I take responsibility for data backup my centos server. Please help me backup data using tar. following scenario:- Sunday - full backup- the rest of differential backup.We're back up to full as follows:tar-cvzf / backup / backup-date.tar.gz / data
I am using NetBSD-5.1.1. I wanted to know what happens internally when we create a file in linux. ( In general )?The header file STDIO.H present in "src/include/stdio.h" contains a "FILE" structure with various members like _p, _cookie, etc.2. I wanted to know how does internally memory gets allocated for them.?
I am customizing the CentOS and I want to change the complete look and feel of the OS. I know all the installation wallpapers and images comes from the rpm mentioned above. Even I extracted the said rpm using rpm2cpip and have replaced the my customized images but not sure how can I prepare my new RPM to include that in a my build.
Does any have any clue or I should go for src.rpm?
So I was reading one of the Unix Philosophy rules by Eric Raymond:# Rule of Composition:Design programs to be connected to other programs.How does one achieve that? I know one could several C programs and then use a bash script to feed in the stdin, but how do you do that with just pure C, do you do it with pipelines?
The only API i have found for something like this is gdk_bitmap_create_from_data. But it requires XPM data, not raw. So, how can i make a bitmap from raw 'char[x*y/8]'?
I want to try to create my own virtual device in Linux. Something simple, for example, a /dev/fortune virtual device that returns a line from fortune() each time you read from it.
I am willing to do my own research and study, I just need to know where to start. E.g., what to read or what to google, in order to get me where I want to go the fastest. I have some C/C++ and Ruby background.
simple program to create a segmentation fault:my problem is if i include the same code char *s="hello world"; *s='H'; in my project, it is not giving any seg fault, instead it runs without any problem. what may be the issue.
I need a script that takes data fom a file mydata.dat and create a graph. the content of mydata.dat is Bin Data1 Data2 Data3
Then it asks from the user to select which colums with use for x and which for y. the x and y titles must be generated automaticly by the names of each column from the first line of mydata.dat the limits must also be auto generated by the width of the column (for example for data2 is 12-45). in the end for graph title must shown the current time and date in this format:
So it asks for the user the columns and in the end it shows the graph with the above settings.
I am using RHEL 5.0 and I have some trouble with a CSV file. What I need to do is to grab all the elements from the 3rd column and place them each on a new line in a different (new) file.
For example, if the CSV file is code...
I tried to threat each line as a string and grab the 3rd element, but for some reason it fail.
I have a file with 5000 lines. it is a list of books authors, series and titles. all lines start with the author names, than there is a dash (-) than the series name, a dash again and the title of the book.
The problem I encounter is that sometime there is a series, sometime not, and as I try to enter this list in a database, I wanted to create a cvs file to import into mysql.
ex:
The best would be to be able to add in the second line, a "space dash space" just after the author name, but how to make sure it does not do it to the first line as well.
If I could separate all line with 2 dash, (grep ?) then I would be able to do a simple replace, and change the single dash into two.
I would like to create a bash script that creates a single group from all users in other groups.
I've been at it most of the day, and I think I'm making it too complicated. I have about 100 lines of code, and it's still now working the way I would like. I'm starting to trip over my own feet with the amount of if statements and variables.
