Run a C Program Directly

For this short tip you'll need tcc, the Tiny C Compiler, which comes with most distributions out there, including Debian and Ubuntu. tcc is a small ANSI C compiler which offers the ability to run the program after compiling it, unlike GCC, which (as far as I know) doesn't offer this option. To install tcc in Debian and Ubuntu:

In Debian, as root:

apt-get install tcc

In Ubuntu, use:

sudo apt-get install tcc

Now let's test this. First, create your C source file, e.g.:

Now, save this file as example.c or some other name and make it executable:

chmod 755 example.c # or chmod +x example.c

And the next step is just to run it!

./example.c

"tcc" will compile the source and run it automatically.

GDM2 Setup Gets A New Look And An Ubuntu PPA

GDM2 Setup is a GUI configuration tool for the new GDM (2) something that was missed by a lot of people. It doesn't have as many options as the old GDM setup tool, but that's because the new GDM2 doesn't support too many customizations.

Add the GDM2 Setup PPA in your source list using:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gdm2setup/gdm2setup

Update source list using:

sudo apt-get update

Install GDM2 Setup using:

sudo apt-get install python-gdm2setup

Install GNOME Activity Journal in Ubuntu Karmic

The GNOME Activity Journal is a tool for easily browsing and finding files, contacts and other resources on your computer. Using Zeitgeist, it keeps a chronological journal of your activity and supports tagging and bookmarking (using the new Tracker 0.7) and establishing relationships between resources.

While this first release only supports basic browsing of file activities, the underlying infrastructure can do much more and you can expect the missing functionality to become available in future releases.

Open the terminal and run the following commands:

Add the GNOME Activity Journal ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:zeitgeist/ppa

Update the source list

sudo aptitude update

Install GNOME Activity Journal

sudo aptitude install gnome-activity-journal

You can open from Applications -> Utility -> Activity Journal

Ubuntu: More Popular than Britney Spears in 2009

Apt-Get Me, Baby… One more Time!

Ubuntu was more popular than Britney Spears in 2009 - at least in terms of searches.

When you consider than she's shifted more than 83 million records and commands publicity like no-other, it's a curious footnote in itself.

Ubuntu: Install Thunderbird 3.0 on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)

Mozilla’s email client Thunderbird 3 was released just a few days back. In the release page, however only the .tar file was available for Linux. In this post we will show you how to install Thunderbird 3 in Ubuntu 9.10 from the Mozilla PPA.

Add the Mozilla PPA in your source list using:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa

Update source list using:

sudo apt-get update

Install Thunderbird 3 using:

sudo apt-get install thunderbird-3.0

Ubuntu: Install Openshot on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)

Openshot is a video editor for linux, is one of the best ones existing actually for linux. The news is that now has a PPA this mean easy install for Ubuntu users, but the big news is that the new version come with 30 new effects.

Add the OpenShot PPA in your source list using:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openshot.devellopers/ppa

Update source list using:

sudo apt-get update

Install OpenShot using:

sudo apt-get install openshot