How to build a kernel on Linux from a vanilla tarball Further reading, how to compile a vanilla kernel on Debian Linux. http://securitronlinux.com/debian-testing/how-to-build-a-4-8-4-linux-kernel-on-ubuntu-16-10/. This guide will really help out a Linux user to install a kernel from source.
I have got the CDE desktop to compile on Ubuntu 14.04. I found this website: https://www.ics.com/blog/retrocomputing-motif-and-cde#.U-840NaKhqg, which in turn lead me here: http://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/wiki/LinuxBuild/, a WIKI which contains the build instructions for Ubuntu 14.04. I followed this guide and the build worked perfectly. This is very cool indeed. The performance of the CDE desktop is very … Read more
I have managed to get the 14.4 ATI drivers to compile against the new 3.15 kernel on Linux Mint 16. I followed this guide: http://bluehatrecord.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/amd-catalyst-14-4-for-linux-loses-support-for-linux-kernel-versions-above-3-11/ and I used the commands on this page as well as this linked patch. This is how I managed to do it. I am now running a 3.15 kernel with … Read more
This is how to compile a Java source file on Linux with gcj. homer@neo:~/Documents$ gcj –main=HelloWorld HelloWorld.javahomer@neo:~/Documents$ gcj –main=HelloWorld HelloWorld.java This is the source file that I am working with. /* * My first Java program. * */ import java.util.Date; public class HelloWorld { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.printf("\"Hello, … Read more
The 3.0.0-rc2 release of the Linux kernel is available on kernel.org finally. This is a whole new numbering series for the Linux kernel that has been in the 2.x.x series for ages. This is very exciting in fact, I downloaded and compiled the new mainline kernel almost as soon as it was announced. It has … Read more