WIN32: A very important WIN32 port of some unix utilities (unixutils) can be found here - http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ - Native Win32 ports of some GNU utilities - GNU utilities for Win32. This zip should be downloaded, and most, if not ALL, should be placed within a folder in your WIN32 PATH!
An ever expanding list of linux/unix items ... in more or less chronological order within groups...
| link | description |
|---|---|
| commands | A personal list of commands and scripts used, every expanding ;=)). |
| git | Some personal notes on using 'git' |
| Applications and Libraries | |
| tar | starting with GNU 1.20 source, do a WIN32 port ... |
| grep | Starting with CVS grep, 27 May, 2008, a MSVC8 WIN32 grep port - grepw32 ... |
| OpenGL | OpenGL and GLUT sample code, scraped from various places - some 40 examples in one application (tested in Ubuntu 64-bit, and XP WIN32 using MSVC8!). |
| libiconv | starting with GNU libiconv 1.13.1, do a WIN32 port |
| unxutils | A GNU set of 'standard' unix commands, ported to WIN32, some with source. |
| automake | cygwin: Using 'automake', 'autoconf', './configure', and 'make' - the GNU way! - cygwin removed! |
| More specific to Ubuntu | |
| ubuntu 8 | Big BUG: Nautilus cannot handle "computer" locations, and other things, like missing 'Trash' icon.... |
| ubuntu 7 | Enabling Windows (XP) Network using Samba ... |
| ubuntu 6 | Setting up email, using Evolution 2.22.3.1 |
| ubuntu 5 | Restart - after several problems, decide to RE-START ... |
| ubuntu 4 | gnome gaff ... switched to kubuntu |
| ubuntu 3 | Some issues ... got into a pickle with gnome |
| ubuntu 2 | The terminal window |
| ubuntu 1 | First few installations of the ubuntu distro ... |
| General Unix/Linux | |
| unix7 | Some useful commands... but see - commands - for a fuller list |
| unix6 | Simple shell scripting ... |
| unix5 | ubuntu distribution - some initial trials and tribulations ... |
| unix4 | Distributions - There are MANY! |
| unix2 | Some simple help with GNU - cygwin on WIN32 ... |
| unix1 | My early experience with unix, and a list of all its names ... |
Check out Ubuntu 10.04 LTS! (Lucid Lynx), while awaiting 12.04 LTS (to be announced)