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Question about Linux....

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FilledVoid Original post #1
Apr 12, 2005 at 10:36 PM
Now I think this may be way off topic but here goes. What languages or development tools are used for creating programs in Linux. lets say person A would like to make his own distro.. or lets say an MP3 player or a CD player or some kind of application on any distro. Also does the tools vary from one distro to another? Could anyone point me to a link or give me some information about the above.

Thanks in advance
GNUrag
GNUrag #2
Apr 13, 2005 at 1:34 AM
The Defacto programming language preferred for GTK, GTK+ based applications is C
The Qt based KDE applications insist on pure C++

but that does not stop you from using any other languages for GUI development. You can use gtk/qt wrappers to build your apps in other languages like say Python .

You may also use Athena or TCL/Tkinter toolkits to build GUIs.
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Apr 13, 2005 at 6:34 AM
One more question,

I hv downloaded BitTorrent & Lmule for my system,
i hv installed them but they r not running,
means when ever i command "lmule" or "Lmule"
& "BitTorrent" or "bittorrent" it doesn't works,

can u tell me hw to run it......