Compiz, Nux and Unity 7, the 3 main programs of the official Ubuntu Desktop Environment are written in C++. Their source code is stored in bazaar (bzr) repositories on Launchpad (http://launchpad.net). Nux uses an autotools based build system, whereas Unity and Compiz use cmake.
Continue reading Compiz Introduction and Demo Part 3/5: Development, Tools and Support
Some well known compiz plugins:
This is a short description of the current (Unity 7) Ubuntu Desktop structure.
To begin with, the Ubuntu desktop consists of three main programs (nux, compiz and unity) that interact with a fourth one: the well known X server.
Continue reading Compiz Introduction and Demo Part 1/5: The Ubuntu Desktop
This is one of my rare posts about work. After several weeks of fixes the basic Compiz plugins work again with Unity 7.
Yesterday, I tried to turn on my Ubuntu Google Nexus phone and it was pretty dead… I couldn’t turn it on or charge it. I finally fixed it by following these steps:
Continue reading Unbrick dead Google Nexus Galaxy – Install Ubuntu
libgliar — a library that lies to the OpenGL programs about the OpenGL context info (for Linux only). Code: bzr branch lp:libgliar
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bzr branch lp:nux cd nux ./autogen.sh --prefix= <@arguments> |
Arguments can be:
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--enable-x-support whether to have x_support (default=YES) --enable-opengles-20 whether to use opengles (default=NO) --enable-minimal-build whether to enable minimal builds (default=NO) --disable-gestures whether to disable multitouch gestures (auto) --enable-tests whether to enable tests (default=YES) --enable-documentation whether to enable documentation (default=NO) --enable-maintainer-mode whether to use strict compiler flags (default=NO) --enable-debug whether to enable nux debugging (default=NO) --enable-examples whether to enable building of examples (default=YES) --enable-gputests whether to enable building of gputests (default=YES) |
Example usage:
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export PREFIX=/home/user/staging/install/nux ./autogen.sh --prefix=$PREFIX --enable-debug |
(or ./configure if you have already ran autogen)
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make make install |
you can find your nux installation files in /home/user/staging/install/nux ($PREFIX)
Now, if you want to test nux:
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bzr branch lp:nuxplayground export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/lib/pkgconfig cd nuxplayground ./autogen.sh --prefix= --enable-debug make && make install |
and then you can run any nuxplayground example from /bin/ *
Επειδή δεν υπάρχουν οδηγίες για χρήστες Linux που θέλουν να συνδεθούν στο Αριστοτέλειο με VPN παραθέτω ένα mini-tutorial με αυτά που έκανα για να συνδεθώ.